Neuropathic Pain: Facts and Figures
Twenty percent of the Spanish population suffers from chronic pain and between 7 and 10% from neuropathic pain. This condition mostly caused by nerve damage, causes people to feel intense and constant pain. Treatments are scarce and often involve a large number of adverse effects that affect the patients' quality of life. The study has analyzed the effects of administering to mice models of neuropathic pain water enriched with hydrogen molecules, a treatment that had already shown positive effects in neurological disorders, such as Alzheimer’s disease and depression.
Peripheral Neuropathy - Types, Causes, Symptoms, Diagnosis, Treatment & Prevention
Peripheral neuropathy is a condition that causes weakness, numbness and pain, especially in the limbs as a result of damage to the peripheral nerves.
Peripheral neuropathy is a condition that causes weakness, numbness and pain, especially in the limbs as a result of damage to the peripheral nerves.
‘The study results point to water enriched with hydrogen molecules, a promising candidate for the treatment of neuropathic pain and associated emotional disorders, due to its analgesic and anti-inflammatory effects, as well as its anxiolytic and antidepressant properties.’
“This treatment can alleviate not only the pain caused by a nerve injury, but also the states of anxiety and depression that accompany it, which would substantially improve the patients' quality of life”, explains Olga Pol. In the study, the treatment was administered to mice by injection, but in the future other routes will be tested, such as oral administration. The next steps will be to investigate how the treatment works in animal models of pain associated with chemotherapy, because many times cancer patients present neuropathic pain as a side effect of the treatment, as well as evaluating its effects on the memory and emotional deficits that these same patients can also suffer.
Source-Eurekalert
Alzheimer’s disease - Causes, Symptoms, Diagnosis, Stages, Types, Prevention, Prognosis & Treatment
Alzheimer's disease is a progressive neurodegenerative disease affecting memory and thinking and making the person increasingly dependent on others.
Alzheimer's disease is a progressive neurodegenerative disease affecting memory and thinking and making the person increasingly dependent on others.
Test Your Knowledge on Diabetic Nerve Pain | Diabetic Neuropathy
Patients with diabetes are prone to suffer from complications in most parts of the body. Diabetes can affect all types of nerves, the sensory, motor as well as the autonomic. Test your knowledge on diabetic neuropathy by taking this quiz.
Patients with diabetes are prone to suffer from complications in most parts of the body. Diabetes can affect all types of nerves, the sensory, motor as well as the autonomic. Test your knowledge on diabetic neuropathy by taking this quiz.
Quiz on Painkillers
The analgesics you are taking may cause debilitating side effects. Take this quiz on painkillers, know your NSAIDs and opioids.
The analgesics you are taking may cause debilitating side effects. Take this quiz on painkillers, know your NSAIDs and opioids.
