Pain and its treatment

"Despite the knowledge gained about the origin, nature and treatment of pain, it continues to be an object of study and analysis. However, the results achieved so far and the accumulated clinical experience allow the doctor to undertake and implement adequate treatment actions to eliminate or, in the worst case, alleviate the suffering of the patient. We allow ourselves to think that the proposed monograph will help the attending physician to achieve this goal." (foreword by At. Atanasov). The book contains the following chapters: Pain – physiology and pathophysiology (D. Iluchev, B. Marinov); Pain and its treatment (Att. Atanasov); Alternative methods of pain treatment (Tsetska Kyusepašova); Pain in childhood (LD Despotova – Toleva); Monitoring pain in childhood (LD Despotova – Toleva); What assessment should we use in our practice? (LD Despotova – Toleva); Treatment of pain in childhood (LD Despotova – Toleva); Pain in rheumatology. Bone and joint pain (M. Panchovska); Basic therapeutic strategies in the treatment of cancer pain with chemotherapeutic agents (D. Getova); Pain and palliative radiation therapy (M. Yaneva); Differential diagnosis of pain in endodontics (P. Botushanov); Facial pain and trigeminal neuralgia (E. Sarachev); Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation to influence the central mechanisms of pain (G. Gomanov, T. Koleva, K. Baikushev, S. Baikushev); Headache (I. Milanov); Thalamic pain syndrome in local brain damage (K. Baikushev, N. Stonova, S. Baikushev, T. Koleva)