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New published work in Operative Neurosurgery. How many of those sylvian fissure triangles can you name? (winner gets a prize…) The article is titled “Cavernous Malformations of the Optic Nerve and Optic Pathway: A Case Series and Systematic Review of the Literature” and was written by @barrowneuro ‘s endovascular research fellow Visish M Srinivasan, MD, Redi Rahmani, MD @redi_rahmani and Michael T Lawton, MD @michael_t_lawton the second and third illustrations were created by Kristen Larson Keil, MS, CMI. More info via link in my bio https://doi.org/10.1093/ons/opab284 #medicalassistant #neuropathy #brainhealth #surgicaltechnologist #medicalstudent #sylvia #fissure #optic #pathologist #medsurgnurse #paschool #paschoollife #neurodiversity #journalingcommunity #triangleparts #medicinewoman #journalart #medicalimaging #braintumor #artworkshop @aansneuro @supportbarrow (at Barrow Neurological Institute)
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Burning and Tingling in Your Feet? You May Have Small Fiber Neuropathy
Do you experience frequent episodes of burning or tingling in your feet? You may be suffering from small fiber neuropathy, researchers report.
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Neuroimaging study reveals potential brain mechanism underlying chronic neuropathic pain in individuals with HIV
As medical advances help individuals with HIV survive longer, there is an increasing need to treat their chronic symptoms. One of the most common is neuropathic pain, or pain caused by damage to the nervous system.
Distal sensory polyneuropathy (DSP) is the most prevalent neurological problem in HIV infection, affecting 50 percent of all HIV patients. Most persons with DSP describe sensations of numbness, tingling, burning and stinging in their hands or feet, which impair daily functioning and can lead to unemployment and depression.
Previous research on DSP has mostly focused on the peripheral nervous system, but nerve injury cannot fully explain the wide variability in DSP symptoms. Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine and University of California San Francisco instead looked at the brain to see how it may be contributing to patients’ pain.
In a new study, published online October 29, 2021 in Brain Communications, the team observed unique patterns of brain activity in HIV-DSP patients when they experienced a painful stimulus. Compared to other patients with HIV, those with DSP showed increased activity in the anterior insula, a brain area involved in predicting and emotionally processing pain.
“The anterior insula is trying to predict the future for you,” said senior author Alan Simmons, PhD, professor of psychiatry at UC San Diego School of Medicine and research scientist at the Veterans Affairs San Diego Healthcare System. “It’s forming expectations about what is about to happen to you and how you’re going to feel. These expectations of pain play an important role in determining how much pain you then actually experience.”
Pictured: HIV patients with and without chronic neuropathic pain received short or long heat stimuli on their hands (control site) or feet (neuropathic site).
“Not So Great Expectations: Pain in HIV Related to Brain’s Expectations of Relief”
I’m 26 and I was just diagnosed with neuropathy.
For perspective: the average age for this is people being in their 60’s.
My legs tingle all the time. There’s electricity buzzing through them, there are flashes of pain & my lower back is always killing me. Sometimes to the point where I feel like I can’t fucking breath. My legs give out on me; I’ve fallen down the stairs twice now & I’ve gotten up had a horrible shock of pain as my legs gave out & fell into a table.
My doctor talked to me about possibly treatments and mentioned that spinal surgery might be an option if everything else doesn’t work, but I can’t. I don’t think I can do that. Too many risks. I’d rather have tingles and pain then not be able to walk.
I feel like I’ve exhausted a lot of the possible treatments though. I’ve done PT, I’ve done heat/ice therapies, I’m in regular therapy. The only things I haven’t done are medication management, epidurals & surgery. 2/3 I’m weary of
I just want them to feel normal. I don’t think they’ll ever feel normal again. This happened and now it’s just happening.
It fucking sucks. I just want to have a normal 26 year olds body.
