Painful Diabetic Polyneuropathy: A Comprehensive Guide for Clinicians

✍ Scribed by Christopher H. Gibbons M.D., M.M.Sc., Aristidis Veves M.D., D.Sc. (auth.), Erin Lawson, Miroslav ''Misha'' Backonja (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer-Verlag New York
• Year: 2013
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 204
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Painful diabetic polyneuropathy is the most common and disturbing of painful conditions experienced by people with diabetes. As the diabetes rate continues to grow, the number of people suffering from painful diabetic polyneuropathy will as well – increasing both patient suffering and demands on healthcare resources.

Painful Diabetic Polyneuropathy covers all aspects of these painful disorders from pathophysiology and diagnosis, treatment and prevention, future approaches and the nursing perspective, to billing issues and the patient’s experience. Written by experts in their fields, each chapter presents the full perspective of these painful disorders with an emphasis on evidence-based scientific information.

Painful Diabetic Polyneuropathy is a comprehensive resource for general and family medicine practitioners, neurologists and pain medicine specialists. It will also serve as a resource for patients for education, support, and treatment sites.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xv
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Epidemiology and Scope of Impact of Painful Diabetic Neuropathy....Pages 3-9
Front Matter....Pages 11-11
Biology and Pathophysiology of Painful Diabetic Neuropathy....Pages 13-26
Diagnosis of Painful Diabetic Neuropathy....Pages 27-34
Front Matter....Pages 35-35
Prevention and Control of Painful Diabetic Neuropathy....Pages 37-46
Front Matter....Pages 47-47
Medical Treatments for Painful Diabetic Neuropathy....Pages 49-59
Front Matter....Pages 61-61
Physical Therapy for Painful Diabetic Neuropathy....Pages 63-69
Psychological Treatment for Painful Diabetic Neuropathy....Pages 71-81
Acupuncture and Alternative Treatments for Painful Diabetic Neuropathy....Pages 83-93
Interventional Therapies for Painful Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy....Pages 95-104
Front Matter....Pages 105-105
Health Status, Work Productivity, and Costs Associated with Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy....Pages 107-118
Front Matter....Pages 119-119
Advances in Pharmaceutical Options and Current Clinical Trials for the Treatment of Painful Diabetic Polyneuropathy....Pages 121-138
Front Matter....Pages 139-139
Nursing and Home Care Perspective of Painful Diabetic Neuropathy....Pages 141-151
Front Matter....Pages 153-153
Impact of Painful Diabetic Polyneuropathy on Patients....Pages 155-166
Impact of Treatments for Painful Diabetic Polyneuropathies on Patients....Pages 167-192
Patient Resources....Pages 193-195
Back Matter....Pages 197-204

✦ Subjects

Pain Medicine; Diabetes; Neurology; General Practice / Family Medicine; Internal Medicine; Endocrinology