Our team of pain management specialists offer a team-based comprehensive approach towards the treatment of neuropathic pain. Our centre is fully integrated with advanced technologies to identify, diagnose and treat neuropathic pain as well as treating its cause to avoid recurrence.
Neuropathic pain, also described as nerve pain, occurs when your nervous system experiences a damage or does not work correctly. The spinal cord, peripheral nerves and your brain together make us the nervous system. Neuropathic pain can be felt in any part or nerve of this system.
Diabetes
Alcoholism
Shingles
Chemotherapy drugs
Spinal nerve compression
Stroke
Parkinson’s disease
Multiple sclerosis
Facial nerve problems
Radiation therapy
Regional pain syndrome
Trauma
Shooting, burning, stabbing pain
Numbness or tingling
Difficulty in sleeping
Evoked pain
Emotional disturbances
Your treatment protocol will largely depend upon the cause of neuropathic pain. Your healthcare provider will aim to reduce your symptoms and treat your underlying condition as well as maintain the functionality of your system. Treatments usually involve a medicinal approach.
Your healthcare provider will perform a physical test and take your medical history as well as discuss your symptoms to diagnose your neuropathic pain.
Diabetes is the most common cause of neuropathic pain.
