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Insights into FMS-associated pain
FMS syndrome (FMS) is the third most frequent musculoskeletal condition and is characterised by chronic widespread pain, fatigue, sleep disturbances…
Medical Chronicle June 2021 CPDs
Below you will find links to both CPD articles produced for Medical Chronicle’s June 2021 issue. Read both articles and…
A tale of two pains
Prof Sean Chetty is Associate Professor and executive head of Department for Anaesthesiology and Critical Care at Stellenbosch University. He…
Multimodal approaches to chronic and short-term pain
Pain is one of the least understood conditions in all of medicine, and recent revisions to the way clinicians approach…
Tips for teething pain
Unable to soothe their baby’s teething, many an exhausted parent will turn to their doctor for help.
IASP revises pain definition for the first time in 41 years
The International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP) has revised the definition of pain for the first time since…
Urinary tract infection may be interstitial cystitis
Interstitial cystitis, also known as painful bladder syndrome, is a chronic condition often misdiagnosed as a urinary tract infection and…
Medical Chronicle July CPD: Managing chronic pain during the COVID-19 pandemic
The world has been fundamentally changed by the COVID-19 pandemic… yet the more things change the more they stay the…
War on pain
Children in Africa are more likely to face illness and death before the age of five, than in any other…
Talking to patients about codeine
Because codeine can also cause euphoriant effects, which reinforce continued use, it poses a risk of developing tolerance and eventually…
New concepts in an old disease
Gout is characterised by recurrent acute joint inflammation (gouty arthritis) in the extremities, caused by crystals that are deposited in…
Medical cannabis – what’s the evidence?
Clinical evidence of the indications for the use of medical cannabis is currently supported by a limited evidence base, but…
Complexities of pain management
Pain is a defence signal and its proper function is necessary for our survival. The aim of chronic pain management…
Anaesthetic management in the day hospital setting
Day hospitals offer attractive benefits for patients. These hospitals are not only more cost effective than acute hospitals, but according…
Benefits of cannabidiol
The medical community is slowly warming to the use of cannabidiol (CBD) for a wide number of health concerns. Its…
Fibromyalgia is more common than you think
The diagnoses and treatment of fibromyalgia, a chronic painful condition of unknown aetiology, can be challenging, says Dr Erné Richter, a…
Lower back pain: what do the guidelines say?
The latest American College of Physicians guideline recommends the following non-invasive approach to the diagnosis and treatment of lower back…
The most important question in cancer pain
Pain is one of the most feared symptoms in cancer patients. Some studies show that the prevalence of pain ranges…
Adding a ‘green prescription’ to pain management
Pain, a complex and multifaceted experience, is the predominant symptom in the majority of patients with inflammatory arthritis (IA) and…
