Poststroke Neuropathic Pain

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    Central Post-Stroke Neuropathic Pain

    by Dimitris Papadopoulos MD Fellow Of Interventional Pain Practice (FIPP)

    GENERAL Post-stroke pain or thalamic pain syndrome, is the type of chronic neuropathic pain emerging when part of the central nervous system (CNS) has been impaired. This usually occurs following a stroke with infarction or cerebral cell necrosis, due to reduction of blood flow and oxygen supply in cells. After a stroke, the patient may [...]