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Diagnosis and Treatment of Ocular Pain: the Ophthalmologist’s Perspective
PURPOSE OF REVIEW: The aim of this review is to help ophthalmologists and other clinicians understand and treat ocular neuropathic pain. RECENT FINDINGS: Advances in the field of neurophysiology of ocular sensations explain why some cases of dry eye may represent a pain syndrome rather than a proble...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5711963/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29226029 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40135-017-0152-1 |
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description | PURPOSE OF REVIEW: The aim of this review is to help ophthalmologists and other clinicians understand and treat ocular neuropathic pain. RECENT FINDINGS: Advances in the field of neurophysiology of ocular sensations explain why some cases of dry eye may represent a pain syndrome rather than a problem related to tear status. Principles related to management of pain syndromes such as persistent post-operative pain and complex regional pain syndrome are relevant to the care of these patients. SUMMARY: Specific strategies for the ophthalmologist, including multimodal therapy comprised of local and systemic approaches, can be helpful in the care of patients with problematic ocular pain. Rather than dismiss these syndromes and these patients, ophthalmologists can serve these patients and the profession well by incorporating an understanding of ocular neuropathic pain into their practice and by collaboration in the care of patients with problematic ocular pain. |
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spelling | pubmed-57119632017-12-07 Diagnosis and Treatment of Ocular Pain: the Ophthalmologist’s Perspective Jacobs, Deborah S. Curr Ophthalmol Rep Ocular Pain (A Galor, Section Editor) PURPOSE OF REVIEW: The aim of this review is to help ophthalmologists and other clinicians understand and treat ocular neuropathic pain. RECENT FINDINGS: Advances in the field of neurophysiology of ocular sensations explain why some cases of dry eye may represent a pain syndrome rather than a problem related to tear status. Principles related to management of pain syndromes such as persistent post-operative pain and complex regional pain syndrome are relevant to the care of these patients. SUMMARY: Specific strategies for the ophthalmologist, including multimodal therapy comprised of local and systemic approaches, can be helpful in the care of patients with problematic ocular pain. Rather than dismiss these syndromes and these patients, ophthalmologists can serve these patients and the profession well by incorporating an understanding of ocular neuropathic pain into their practice and by collaboration in the care of patients with problematic ocular pain. Springer US 2017-11-02 2017 /pmc/articles/PMC5711963/ /pubmed/29226029 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40135-017-0152-1 Text en © The Author(s) 2017 Open Access This 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. |
spellingShingle | Ocular Pain (A Galor, Section Editor) Jacobs, Deborah S. Diagnosis and Treatment of Ocular Pain: the Ophthalmologist’s Perspective |
title | Diagnosis and Treatment of Ocular Pain: the Ophthalmologist’s Perspective |
title_full | Diagnosis and Treatment of Ocular Pain: the Ophthalmologist’s Perspective |
title_fullStr | Diagnosis and Treatment of Ocular Pain: the Ophthalmologist’s Perspective |
title_full_unstemmed | Diagnosis and Treatment of Ocular Pain: the Ophthalmologist’s Perspective |
title_short | Diagnosis and Treatment of Ocular Pain: the Ophthalmologist’s Perspective |
title_sort | diagnosis and treatment of ocular pain: the ophthalmologist’s perspective |
topic | Ocular Pain (A Galor, Section Editor) |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5711963/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29226029 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40135-017-0152-1 |
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