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La douleur neurogène

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Douleur et Analgésie

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La douleur neurogène représente, d'une certaine manière, une situation particulière dans la mesure où il n'y a pas de stimulation des nocicepteurs mais une dysfonction dans le système de contrôle de la douleur. Celle-ci a des caractéristiques typiques, elle est décrite comme en général brûlante et est associée à une instabilité du système nerveux autonome et un déficit somatosensoriel. Cet article est une revue de la question de la douleur neurogène et aborde également celle du traitement.

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The particularity of neurogenic pain is that there is no stimulation of nociceptors but a lack of the pain control system. This pain typical caracteristics, it is described as burning, associated with an instability of the autonomic nervous system and a somatosensoriel deficit. This paper is a review of this question and approaches also the problem of the treatment.

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Bowsher, D. La douleur neurogène. Doul. et Analg. 7, 65–69 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03009688

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