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Postherpetic Neuralgia is the most common complication of shingles. The condition affects nerve fibers and skin, causing burning pain that lasts long after the rash and blisters of shingles disappear.

Post-laminectomy syndrome is a condition where the patient suffers from persistent pain in the back following surgery to the back. A laminectomy is a procedure where a part of the vertebra that [...]

Parkinson's Disease is a progressive nervous system disorder that affects movement. Symptoms start gradually, sometimes starting with a barely noticeable tremor in just one hand.

Osteogenesis Imperfecta (OI) is a group of genetic disorders that mainly affect the bones. People with this condition have bones that fracture easily, often from mild trauma or with no apparent cause.

Neuropathic Facial Pain is thought to occur from a nerve injury of some type, and although it involves the trigeminal nerve, many patients have pain conduction through the autonomic nerves in the face.

Muscular Dystrophy is a group of diseases that cause progressive weakness and loss of muscle mass. In muscular dystrophy, abnormal genes interfere with the production of proteins needed to form [...]

Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is a potentially disabling disease of the brain and spinal cord. With MS, the immune system attacks the protective sheath that covers nerve fibers and causes communication [...]

Median Arcuate Ligament Syndrome (MALS) occurs when the arc-shaped band of tissue in the chest area presses on, or traps, the artery that supplies blood to the organs in your upper abdomen.

A spinal cord injury — damage to any part of the spinal cord or nerves at the end of the spinal canal — often causes permanent changes in strength, sensation and other body functions below the [...]

Interstitial Cystitis is a chronic condition causing bladder pressure, bladder pain and sometimes pelvic pain. The pain ranges from mild discomfort to severe pain.