A case of fibromyalgia involving pain throughout the body treated with site-specific targeted pain control

INTRODUCTION: Fibromyalgia is characterized by chronic pain and tenderness throughout the body. Patients with fibromyalgia are treated with pharmacotherapy and many other therapies. However, because the cause of fibromyalgia is unclear, there is currently no clinically effective treatment method. CA...

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Autores principales: Nakajima, Fukami, Aratani, Satoko, Fujita, Hidetoshi, Nakatani, Kou, Makita, Koshi, Nakajima, Toshishiro
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer International Publishing 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4938810/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27441146
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40064-016-2572-z
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author Nakajima, Fukami
Aratani, Satoko
Fujita, Hidetoshi
Nakatani, Kou
Makita, Koshi
Nakajima, Toshishiro
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description INTRODUCTION: Fibromyalgia is characterized by chronic pain and tenderness throughout the body. Patients with fibromyalgia are treated with pharmacotherapy and many other therapies. However, because the cause of fibromyalgia is unclear, there is currently no clinically effective treatment method. CASE PRESENTATION: We report the case of a patient who developed fibromyalgia after left femoral neck fracture. After several caudal epidural blocks for lumbar pain, the pain throughout the body and abnormal discomfort in the laryngopharyngeal region reduced. Site-specific targeted pain control was effective in treating his pain and discomfort. CONCLUSION: The present case suggests that treatment targeting symptoms in one part of the body might produce a systemic therapeutic effect in patients with fibromyalgia.
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spelling pubmed-49388102016-07-20 A case of fibromyalgia involving pain throughout the body treated with site-specific targeted pain control Nakajima, Fukami Aratani, Satoko Fujita, Hidetoshi Nakatani, Kou Makita, Koshi Nakajima, Toshishiro Springerplus Case Study INTRODUCTION: Fibromyalgia is characterized by chronic pain and tenderness throughout the body. Patients with fibromyalgia are treated with pharmacotherapy and many other therapies. However, because the cause of fibromyalgia is unclear, there is currently no clinically effective treatment method. CASE PRESENTATION: We report the case of a patient who developed fibromyalgia after left femoral neck fracture. After several caudal epidural blocks for lumbar pain, the pain throughout the body and abnormal discomfort in the laryngopharyngeal region reduced. Site-specific targeted pain control was effective in treating his pain and discomfort. CONCLUSION: The present case suggests that treatment targeting symptoms in one part of the body might produce a systemic therapeutic effect in patients with fibromyalgia. Springer International Publishing 2016-07-08 /pmc/articles/PMC4938810/ /pubmed/27441146 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40064-016-2572-z Text en © The Author(s) 2016 Open AccessThis article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made.
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Aratani, Satoko
Fujita, Hidetoshi
Nakatani, Kou
Makita, Koshi
Nakajima, Toshishiro
A case of fibromyalgia involving pain throughout the body treated with site-specific targeted pain control
title A case of fibromyalgia involving pain throughout the body treated with site-specific targeted pain control
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title_fullStr A case of fibromyalgia involving pain throughout the body treated with site-specific targeted pain control
title_full_unstemmed A case of fibromyalgia involving pain throughout the body treated with site-specific targeted pain control
title_short A case of fibromyalgia involving pain throughout the body treated with site-specific targeted pain control
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4938810/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27441146
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40064-016-2572-z
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