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Pain Syndromes in Patients with Multiple Sclerosis

Vanja Bašić-Kes
Marija Bošnjak-Pašić
Vida Demarin

Abstract

Multiple sclerosis is a disease of the central nervous system, beginning most often in late adolescence and early adult life, and expressing itself by recurrent attacks of spinal cord, brainstem, cerebellar, optic nerve and cerebral dysfunction, the result of foci of myelinated fiber destruction. In this retrospective study, 280 patients hospitalized at University Department of Neurology during the last three years were evaluated. Study results showed 104 (60%) patients to have suffered either acute or chronic pain syndrome at some time during the course of disease. Six (2.1%) patients with acute pain syndromes had episodes of paroxysmal pain attacks in the trigeminal nerve distribution. Chronic pain syndromes, present for a mean duration of 4.2 years occurred in 154 (55%) patients and included headache in 38% , cervical and lumbosacral syndrome in 58%, and painful leg spasms in 4% of study patients.

Keywords

Multiple sclerosis - complications; Multiple sclerosis - drug therapy; Pain - etiology; Pain - drug therapy; Quality of life

Hrčak ID:

21213

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/21213

Publication date:

3.12.2007.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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