Facial Pain: Living Well with Neuropathic Facial Pain: Including Trigeminal Neuralgia - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 13: 9798991228305

Publisher: Facial Pain Association, 2024

Synopsis

The sharp, shooting pain that feels like an electric shock in your face. It seems to last forever and comes out of nowhere. Or the dull, achy, throbbing pain that doesn't stop. What is it and how do you deal with it? How do you handle the anxiety and worry that comes with it? Whether you have a diagnosis or are just beginning your journey, neuropathic facial pain can feel debilitating and isolating. However, it doesn't have to be. Facial Pain: Living Well with Neuropathic Facial Pain, including trigeminal neuralgia was written by medical experts to empower you on your facial pain journey. This book provides a multi-disciplinary approach to living well with neuropathic facial pain by focusing on proven medical treatment, with an emphasis on the psychology of pain and accessible suggestions to help you live your best life. Various types of neuropathic pain are referenced with real patient stories. Chapter topics include: Treatment: the right medications, types of neuropathic facial pain, surgical solutions Psychology of Pain: overcoming post-traumatic stress, mindfulness, finding support Living Well: pain and sleep, navigating social security disability, affording medication and therapy Facial Pain: Living Well with Neuropathic Facial Pain, including trigeminal neuralgia is a great companion book to Facial Pain A 21st Century Guide: For People with Trigeminal Neuropathic Pain.

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About the Author

The companion book - Facial Pain A 21st Century Guide: For People with Trigeminal Neuropathic Pain is also available on the Facial Pain Association website: www.facepain.org Editors: Anne Brazer Ciemnecki, MA and Jeffrey A. Brown, MD, FACS Guest Editor: Beth Darnall, PhD Cover design by: Natalie Merrithew

Edition details

• Publisher: Facial Pain Association
• Publication date: 2024
• Language: English
• ISBN 13: 9798991228305
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 388
• Editor: Ciemnecki Ma Anne Brazer, Brown MD Facs, Darnall PhD Beth