An expert explores the nature of pain: why it hurts and why some pain is good and some pain is bad. If you touch something hot, it hurts. You snatch your hand away from the hot thing immediately. Obviously. But what is really happening, biologically-and emotionally? In Understanding Pain, Fernando Cervero explores the mechanisms and the meaning of pain. You touch something hot and your brain triggers a reflex action that causes you to withdraw your hand, protecting you from injury. That kind of pain, Cervero explains, is actually good for us; it acts as an alarm that warns us of danger and keeps us away from harm. But, Cervero tells us, not all pain is good for you. There is another kind of pain that is more like a curse: chronic pain that is not related to injury. This is the kind of pain that fills pain clinics and makes life miserable. Cervero describes current research into the mysteries of chronic pain and efforts to develop more effective treatments. Cervero reminds us that pain is the most common reason for people to seek medical attention, but that it remains a biological enigma. It is protective, but not always. Its effects are not only sensory but also emotional. There is no way to measure it objectively, no test that comes back positive for pain; the only way a medical professional can gauge pain is by listening to the patient's description of it. The idea of pain as a test of character or a punishment to be borne is changing; prevention and treatment of pain are increasingly important to researchers, clinicians, and patients. Cervero's account brings us closer to understanding the meaning of pain.

Migrane ist kein Symptom einer anderen Erkrankung, sie ist vielmehr eine der bedeutendsten Volkskrankheiten. Das erste umfassende Werk zum Thema hilft Arzten, Migrane besser zu verstehen und individuelle Therapiekonzepte und Praventionsstrategien zu entwickeln. Der Autor erlautert Phanotypologie, Pathophysiologie sowie Triggerfaktoren der Erkrankung und beschreibt Diagnostik, Verlauf und Prognose sowie Therapie und Prophylaxe der Migrane. Dabei geht er speziell auf Migrane bei Kindern und Frauen ein. Mit Fallbeispielen sowie Tipps fur Patienten."

This is the most comprehensive overview available anywhere on the broad, multi-faceted and complex topic of pain - and the rapidly evolving scientific and medical disciplines that seek to understand, assess and treat pain.

The Encyclopedia of Pain includes more than 3,000 entries and provides clear, detailed and up-to-date coverage of the current state of research, and treatment of pain. In addition, detailed essays provide in-depth information on all aspects of nociception and pain, including substrates, causes, pathophysiology, symptoms and signs, diagnoses and treatment. A thousand color figures enhance understanding of this too-little-understood topic.

Solidly structured and inclusive, this three-volume reference is an invaluable tool for clinical scientists and practitioners in academia, health care and industry, as well as students, teachers and interested laypersons.

Dieses Set besteht aus der vierten Auflage der Einf?hrung in die Akupunktur (vormals "Grundlagen der Akupunktur") und Tafeln und Selektor.
Auf den Tafeln zur Akupunktur sind die wichtigsten Punkte einer Region in ?bersichtlicher Form zusammengefa?t und topographisch dargestellt. Die graphische Darstellung der Meridiane und Punkte stellt f?r jeden Akupunkteur eine unerl??liche Arbeitshilfe dar. Auf dem Akupunkturselektor sind in tabellarischer Form die Akupunkturpunkte der verschiedenen Punktekategorien zusammengestellt. Dies erm?glicht dem Benutzer, die wichtigsten Punkte eines Meridians auf einen Blick zu erkennen.

Gamma-hydroxybutyrate (GHB) has come a long way since early experiments in animals where it was found to induce a sleep-like state and from its use in general anaesthesia in human subjects. Gamma-Hydroxybutyrate: Pharmacological and Functional Aspects brings together the combined expertise of many of the leading authorities on the biochemistry, physiology, and pharmacology of GHB in the central nervous system. Each chapter is an in-depth review of the field and the book itself will appeal to all neurobiologists interested in neurotransmitter mechanisms, as well as to clinicians and other health-care workers interested in this fascinating chemical.

This book offers an insight into all aspects of pain in order to provide practitioners with a balanced and holistic approach to pain management. Supported by evidence and research throughout, Management of Pain uses real-life clinical scenarios. The book provides the reader with practical advice and knowledge of modern methods of pain management.