Pain physician
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The blood-brain barrier (BBB) is an important anatomical structure of the central nervous system (CNS) that limits the penetration of a variety of substances from the blood into the parenchyma. Dysfunction of the BBB is involved in various CNS disorders, including stroke, inflammation, and pain. However, the evidence concerning its role in migraine is insufficient. ⋯ Migraine, inflammatory soup, blood-brain barrier, vascular endothelial growth factor, sumatriptan.
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Chronic pain is well known to be influenced by various social factors; however, the impact of financial issues on pain has not been extensively studied. ⋯ Pain, global financial crisis, quality of life, quality of health care, psychosocial factors.
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Abdominal pain from primary cancer or metastatic disease is a significant cause of pain for patients undergoing treatment for the disease. Patient's pain may be resistant to conventional analgesics. The need for timely pain relief in order to facilitate further care in the cancer treatment plan should be a priority. ⋯ Celiac plexus, neurolytic, abdominal cancer pain, pain, retrocrural, cancer pain.