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There is another type of pain called '''"neuropathic pain"'''. This pain is not related to a physical injury but to a dysfunction of the pain system. It is a lesion of the channels of transmission of painful messages. It is, for example, the lesion of a nerve during trauma. These neuropathic lesions are '''highly resistant to medicines and conventional treatments.''' | There is another type of pain called '''"neuropathic pain"'''. This pain is not related to a physical injury but to a dysfunction of the pain system. It is a lesion of the channels of transmission of painful messages. It is, for example, the lesion of a nerve during trauma. These neuropathic lesions are '''highly resistant to medicines and conventional treatments.''' | ||
In recent years, pain specialists have developed a technique for electrical stimulation of the nervous system. The principle is to place an electrode in a strategic place for transmitting painful messages. This electrode will send an electrical pulse that will blur the pain message. | In recent years, pain specialists have developed a technique for electrical stimulation of the nervous system. The principle is to '''place an electrode in a strategic place for transmitting painful messages'''. This electrode will send '''an electrical pulse that will blur the pain message.''' | ||
''For example, when a nerve has been damaged as a result of repeated treatments of a herniated disc, it is possible to place an electrode at the level of the marrow which will have the aim of reducing or even eliminating pain.'' | ''For example, when a nerve has been damaged as a result of repeated treatments of a herniated disc, it is possible to place an electrode at the level of the marrow which will have the aim of reducing or even eliminating pain.'' | ||
This technique is indicated for very severe pain and when conventional treatments have little effect. | This technique is indicated for very severe pain and when conventional treatments have little effect. | ||
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Can electrical impulses reduce physical pain?
There is another type of pain called "neuropathic pain". This pain is not related to a physical injury but to a dysfunction of the pain system. It is a lesion of the channels of transmission of painful messages. It is, for example, the lesion of a nerve during trauma. These neuropathic lesions are highly resistant to medicines and conventional treatments.
In recent years, pain specialists have developed a technique for electrical stimulation of the nervous system. The principle is to place an electrode in a strategic place for transmitting painful messages. This electrode will send an electrical pulse that will blur the pain message.
For example, when a nerve has been damaged as a result of repeated treatments of a herniated disc, it is possible to place an electrode at the level of the marrow which will have the aim of reducing or even eliminating pain.
This technique is indicated for very severe pain and when conventional treatments have little effect.