Drummond PD, Finch PM, Skipworth S, Blockey P.
School of Psychology, Murdoch University, Perth, Western Australia. drummond@central.murdoch.edu.au
PMID: 11591852 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE
"Sympathectomy is a technique about which we have limited knowledge, applied to disorders about which we have little understanding." Associate Professor Robert Boas, Faculty of Pain Medicine of the Australasian College of Anaesthetists and the Royal College of Anaesthetists, The Journal of Pain, Vol 1, No 4 (Winter), 2000: pp 258-260
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An adrenergic sensitivity in nociceptive afferents might contribute to pain and hyperalgesia
Normal inhibitory influences on pain during sympathetic arousal are compromised in the majority of patients with CRPS. The augmented vasoconstrictor response in the symptomatic limb during sympathetic arousal is consistent with adrenergic supersensitivity. An adrenergic sensitivity in nociceptive afferents might contribute to pain and hyperalgesia during sympathetic arousal in certain patients with CRPS.
Drummond PD, Finch PM, Skipworth S, Blockey P.
PMID: 11591852 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE
Drummond PD, Finch PM, Skipworth S, Blockey P.
PMID: 11591852 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE