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Lumina - August 1, 2023

Non-invasive Vagus Nerve Stimulation interviews

The vagus nerve is the tenth, and longest, cranial nerve. A mixed nerve, the vagus nerve has both afferent and efferent fibers. Sensory information from the organs to the brain travels through the afferent fibers. Regulatory information from the brain to...

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Lumina - June 23, 2023

Treating primary headaches with a PPGB

The ultrasound-guided percutaneous suprazygomatic pterygopalatine ganglion block (PPGB) is a low-risk procedure that is relatively easy, quick, and painless. The procedure is used to manage chronic, acute, perioperative, and postoperative pain and is ...

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Lumina - June 23, 2023

Primary headache treatment. What's wrong?

Some headaches are symptoms of something else happening in your body. They are secondary headaches: they follow a cause. Primary headaches, on the other hand, are not symptoms. They are disorders that cause a range of symptoms, one of them being pain. We...

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Lumina - June 19, 2023

The Lumina Fibromyalgia Course

The Lumina Fibromyalgia Course was developed by Executive Editor, Dr. Anna Woodbury M.D., M.S.C.R., C.Ac.

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Lumina - June 19, 2023

How pain is measured

Pain is a subjective experience, making it difficult to measure objectively. However, healthcare professionals use various methods and tools to assess and evaluate pain levels. Some common methods used to measure pain: Self-report scales (like the...

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Lumina - June 18, 2023

Pain: An accurate diagnosis is key

When it comes to pain management, an accurate diagnosis is crucial. We know that healthcare providers are constrained by both a lack of applied knowledge and time. Pain simply does not get the attention it requires which leads to misdiagnosis and...

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