Full Description
Pain Conditions of the Head and Face: A Practical Guide to Diagnosis and Management provides a user-friendly guide on diagnosing and managing common head and facial pain conditions using new methods and therapies. The book contains practical information, reviewing epidemiology, presenting key features, contributing mechanisms, and including treatment algorithms for common pain conditions of the head and face. Focus is given to aspects of disease that are novel and evolving, and all conditions are discussed within the framework of the latest advances in research and patient care.
Doctors seeking to ameliorate their patients' pain from such maladies as (among many others) neuropathic ocular pain, trigeminal neuralgia, herpetic neuralgia, temporomandibular disorders, burning mouth disorder, and neuropathic ear pain will require no other book to identify their patients' illnesses and make sure they receive the care they need.
Contents
1. Overview of neuroanatomy and physiology
2. Primary headache disorders
3. Secondary headache disorders
4. Neuropathic ocular pain
5. Trigeminal neuralgia
6. Herpetic neuralgia
7. Temporomandibular disorders
8. Burning mouth disorder and other intraoral pain disorders
9. Neuropathic ear pain
10. Myofascial disorders
11. Post traumatic pain (not including TBI)
12. Pain and psychological health
