書目名稱 | Phantom Pain |
編輯 | Richard A. Sherman |
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叢書名稱 | The Springer Series in Behavioral Psychophysiology and Medicine |
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描述 | Phantom pain is an intriguing mystery that has captured the imagination of health care providers and the public alike. How is it possible to feel pain in a limb or some other body part that has been surgically removed? Phantom pain develops among people who have lost a limb or a breast or have had internal organs removed. It also occurs in people with totally transected spinal cords. Unfortunately, phantom pain is a medical night- mare. Many of the people reporting phantom pain make dispropor- tionately heavy use of the medical system because their severe pains are usually not treated successfully. The effect on quality of life can be devas- tating. Phantom pain has been reported at least since 1545 (Weir Mitchell as related by Nathanson, 1988) and/ or experienced by such diverse people as Admiral Lord Nelson and Ambroise Pare (Melzack & Wall, 1982; Davis, 1993). The folklore surrounding phantom pain is fascinating and mirrors the concepts about how our bodies work that are in vogue at any particu- lar time. Most of the stories relate to phantom limbs and date from the mid-1800s. The typical story goes like this: A man who had his leg ampu- tated complained about terrible crawling, |
出版日期 | Book 1997 |
關鍵詞 | Nervous System; central nervous system; neuroscience; pain; rehabilitation; treatment |
版次 | 1 |
doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-6169-6 |
isbn_softcover | 978-1-4419-3256-3 |
isbn_ebook | 978-1-4757-6169-6 |
copyright | Springer Science+Business Media New York 1997 |