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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. For example, when a nerve has been damaged | 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. |