Louise Mara Giesel, Izabela Jardim Rodrigues Pitta, Raquel Custódio Silveira, Lígia Rocha Andrade, Robson Teixeira Vital, José Augusto da Costa Nery, Mariana de Andrea Vilas Boas Hacker, Euzenir Nunes Sarno, Marcia Maria Jardim Jardin
Neural pain is a frequent symptom in leprosy disease. There is a paucity of data regarding neural pain diagnostics resulting in common prescriptive errors when neuritis is confused with neuropathic or mixed nociceptive-neuropathic pain. The present study identified important demographic, clinical, and neurophysiological features of 42 leprosy neuropathy patients presenting neuropathic pain (NP). During routine evaluations, patients were selected asking if they had ever experienced neural pain. Data analyses of their pain characteristics, clinical examination results, and both the Douleur Neuropathique 4 Questionnaire and Hamilton Depression Scale scores were used to classify these patients...
April 2, 2018: American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene