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Lewis G, Serpell M, Paisley P. Optimising the management of neuropathic pain. Practitioner September 2019;263(1829):11-15

Optimising the management of neuropathic pain

25 Sep 2019Pais-up subscribers

Neuropathic pain is defined as ‘pain that is caused by a lesion or disease of the somatosensory nervous system.’ The International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP) pain grading system is a simple way of determining the likelihood of a neuropathic component. If the history suggests a relevant neurological lesion or disease and the patient describes pain in an anatomically plausible distribution of a nerve, neuropathic pain is ‘possible’; it is ‘probable’ if there are corresponding examination findings in that same distribution and ‘definite’ if there is a confirmatory diagnostic test. 

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