Pain physician
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Postherpetic neuralgia (PHN) is a refractory condition that impairs the patient's quality of life (QoL), it develops secondary to herpes zoster infection. Therefore, it's important to prevent the transition of acute/subacute zoster-related pain to PHN. Despite of numerous studies, the optimal intervention that reduces PHN incidence is still unknown. ⋯ Herpes zoster, zoster-related pain, postherpetic neuralgia, spinal cord stimulation, VAS.
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Clinically, chronic low back pain and sciatica associated with lumbar disc herniation (LDH) is a common musculoskeletal disorder. Due to the unawareness of detailed mechanisms, it is difficult to get an effective therapy. ⋯ Lumbar disc herniation, persistent pain, RAGE, STAT3, DRG.