Understanding Neuropathic Pain
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Pain In The Spotlight
Chief Medical Officer Sir Liam Donaldson, in his Annual Report to Parliament, has drawn attention to the extent to which long-lasting pain blights the daily lives of millions of people. He has underlined the need to increase education and training in relation to chronic pain amongst health professionals and also given attention to the desire to improve the Health Service’s present treatment provision. Although the media in the UK seems to have largely ignored this significant part of Sir Liam’s report – focusing instead upon alcohol consumption, obesity and knife crime – the report does figure as a significant advance in ...
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Latest JournalHere is the latest Relay. Issue Number 41. This is in PDF format and you will need Acrobat Reader to access it. 4418 Relay 41 Read More →
Latest InformationHere are the last 2 issue of Relay, the journal of the Neuropathy Trust. Sincere apologies to anyone who has been unable to download them until now. We’ve been experiencing a few IT problems, which have now thankfully been resolved. You will require Adobe PDF reader to open these files. It is a fee software programme that’s installed on... [Read more of this review]
New Information Now AvailableA digital version of the Neuropathy Trust’s journal, ‘Relay’, is now available to on-line supporters. To download the latest issue (38), please click the download link at the bottom of this post, thank you. What’s in this issue Regulars page Information for New Readers A Message from our Chairman Letters to The Editor Notice Board Subscribing... [Read more of this review]
Sir Norman Wisdom Passes Away, But His Memory Lives On.The Patron of the Neuropathy Trust, Sir Norman Wisdom, passed away last night at the age of 95. Sir Norman was a great support to the Neuropathy Trust, particularly in it’s formative years. In a statement, Andrew Keen (Chief Executive of the Neuropathy Trust) said ‘I’ll never forget the day that I checked my answer-phone and heard... [Read more of this review]
New Information Now AvailableA digital version of the Neuropathy Trust’s journal, ‘Relay’, is now available to on-line supporters. To download the latest issue (37), please click the download link at the bottom of this post, thank you. What’s in this issue Regulars page Information for New Readers A Message from our Chairman Letters to The Editor Notice Board Subscribing... [Read more of this review]
New Information Now Available.A digital version of the Neuropathy Trust’s journal, ‘Relay’, is now available to on-line supporters. To download the latest issue (36), please click the link at the bottom of this post, thank you. What’s in this issue Information for New Readers A Message from our Chairman PN – My Story Letters to The Editor Notice Board Subscribing... [Read more of this review]
Running On Your BehalfTeenagers Andy and Eddy are taking part in the 2010 Sheffield Half Marathon in order to raise funds for the Neuropathy Trust, and to highlight the need for greater awareness of peripheral neuropathy and neuropathic pain. Please visit their fundraising page by clicking here and pledge your support, thank you. Read More →
New Pain Video PublishedFind out what it’s really like to live with neuropathic pain, and learn more about the subject - click here Read More →
New Information Now Available!A digital version of the Neuropathy Trust’s journal, ‘Relay’, is now available to on-line supporters. To download the latest issue (35), please click the link at the bottom of this post, thank you. What’s in this issue Information for New Readers A Message from our Chairman PN – My Story Letters to The Editor Notice Board Features page How... [Read more of this review]
People Like MeI am not living I just survive Trying hard to stay alive With an illness they call Neuropathy Which will not usually mean the death of me The pains and sensations are agony The smallest draught Is like fire My flesh will burn and I will perspire My feet feel screwed up and very twisted So normal activities become short listed With Neuropathy Sleep... [Read more of this review]
Problems Logging In To The Web Site?If you are a subscriber, and are having any difficulties whatsoever logging into the web site, then please do not hesitate to contact us so that we can resolve the issue. You can do this by sending an email to neuropathy dot info @ gmail dot com Thank you. Read More →
New Information Coming Within The Next 2 WeeksHello everyone, This is just to let you know that we will be uploading more information very shortly. This will include, for example, The second part of Dr. Simon Ellis’ article relating to the diagnosis of Peripheral Neuropathy and; An article relating to neurophysiology and Peripheral Neuropathy and; An article relating to Chemotherapy Induced... [Read more of this review]
New Information Now Available!A digital version of the Neuropathy Trust’s journal, ‘Relay’, is now available to on-line supporters. To download the latest issue (34), please click the link at the bottom of this post, thank you. What’s in this issue Information for New Readers A Message from our Chairman PN – My Story Letters to The Editor Notice Board Features... [Read more of this review]
New Content Coming Soon!We will be uploading lots more content within the next 2-3 weeks. Articles will include: How a diagnosis of peripheral neuropathy is made (Simon Ellis) Sensory Ganglionopathy (Marios Hadjivassiliou) Managing diabetic neuropathy (Solomon Tesfaye) Pain at a Political Level: Update Readers letters PN: My story and much more … Watch this space! Read More →
Community Forums Are Now LiveGreat news: Supporters can now access our brand new community forums! Over the course of the next day or two I’ll be adding the various sections to it. In the meantime, if you’re already a member please feel free to come on in and introduce yourself. Click here … Read More →
How The Nervous System Works : The Peripheral Nervous SystemIn this article I am going to describe how the peripheral nervous system works. This is important when trying to understand how peripheral neuropathies may affect people. Dividing the nervous system into a peripheral and a central nervous system is a useful way of thinking about how the nervous system works but it hides an important fact: both central... [Read more of this review]
The ‘don’t Know’ NeuropathyPerhaps the most frustrating (both for the patient and the neurologist) neuropathy of all is the so-called cryptogenic or idiopathic neuropathy. The terminology respects the Greek origins of both words (cryptic = Greek for hiding and idiopathic = Greek for self-illness). I have called it the ‘Don’t Know Neuropathy’ which reflects precisely what... [Read more of this review]
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