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This handbook serves as a guide to living the best life possible in spite of having a devastating, progressive and painful disease: adhesive arachnoiditis. There is hope and help! Contained within is the collective wisdom gathered from Dr. Forest Tennant and his colleagues through many years of treating patients the old-fashioned way: observing and documenting signs and symptoms, laboratory testing, MRI interpretation, continuous research, and listening to the patient. Discover what is needed to feel better, gain function and enjoy being a participant in life once more. Working with your health care provider along with informed self-care is essential for an improved life. What to do to care for yourself until you find medical help is also covered. There is reason to have great hope! Life is waiting for you. Never give up! You are worth it!
This handbook serves as a guide to living a good life, and becoming an expert on your disease: adhesive arachnoiditis. There is hope and help! This handbook represents the collective wisdom gathered from Dr. Forest Tennant and his colleagues through many years of treating patients the old-fashioned way: observing and documenting signs and symptoms, laboratory testing, MRI interpretation and listening to the patient. Discovering what each individual patient needs to feel better, gain function and enjoy a good quality of life in spite of having a horrific disease. These essentials, along with the practice of keen observation and research is so essential to good care, and have been somewhat lost in the sea of "one size fits all medicine." Self-care and becoming an expert on your disease are essential to anyone facing a serious disease. Covered in this handbook are lifestyle tips, exercise, quality nutrition, medication, supplements, self-help and most of all-discovering what works best for each individual patient. Feeling better and being able to participate in family life, gaining more function, and enjoying a good quality of life in spite of having a horrific disease is important! Key points to self-care along with working with your healthcare provider is essential to regaining your life. What to do to care for yourself until you find medical help is also covered. How to reduce neuroinflammation and promote neurodegeneration, the role of genetic collagen disorders and prevention of adhesive arachnoiditis are covered in this handbook. Our sincere hope is prevention of adhesive arachnoiditis in the future, and for those struggling with it now- the halt of progression and even reversal of the disease itself. There is reason to have great hope! Life is waiting for you ... Never give up! You are worth it!
Finally, a book takes the mystery out of diagnosing lumbar-sacral adhesive arachnoiditis (AA) with contrast MRI once and for all. Forest Tennant has read hundreds of contrast MRI's through his many years of medical practice, and in his recent research efforts. He has found that the earlier diagnosis is made, and treatment is started, the better the prognosis for the patient. AA is no longer a rare disease and is presenting in every community due to the rise in protruding and herniated discs, and the treatments that are commonplace to treat them. "Failed Back Syndrome" and "Low Back Pain" can be undiagnosed AA, and much can be done to treat it. An essential read all health care practitioners who are interested in treating patients with spine disorders, and patients who suspect they may have AA. Presented in a clear and easy to read format as a "how to" guide for reading contrast MRI's for the diagnosis of AA, it is filled with clearly diagramed MRI images of documented cases of AA. This book should help any interested health care practitioner clearly diagnose AA and learn the difference between AA and other spine disorders with similar symptoms. This book will help those who suspect they may have AA receive a quick and proper diagnosis, thus preventing delays in effective treatment of this devastating spinal cord disease. The sooner AA can be diagnosed, and treated, the better the over-all prognosis is. AA is no longer a rare disease. It is in every community, and community health care practitioners can learn how to diagnose and treat it. There is hope and help!
Why the sudden resurgence in adhesive arachnoiditis? Why is it making a comeback now, and what can be done to treat it and prevent it from occurring? This ground-breaking book attempts to answer these questions, and more- offer hope and healing for what was once considered among one of the worst incurable, terrifying and painful diseases known to humankind. Dr. Forest Tennant, currently the foremost expert on adhesive arachnoiditis (AA) in the world, and author of this book, provides a wealth of knowledge and insight into the disease of adhesive arachnoiditis. During Dr.Tennant's 40 plus years of clinical practice, he diagnosed and treated some of the rarest, medically complex conditions that generate severe intractable pain. He took on the challenge of treating patients with adhesive arachnoiditis that had failed standard treatments that no other doctors would treat. A tireless researcher, he discovered effective treatments and protocols brought forth from his long experience as a practicing physician, along with deep caring and compassion for those who are truly suffering. Dr.Tennant takes his Hippocratic Oath seriously! Learning much from his patients with adhesive arachnoiditis, he has often said that they are his greatest teachers. He and his colleagues, fellow arachnoiditis sufferers themselves, attempt to shed light and hope on this formerly incurable, devasting disease. It is their hope that this book provides a touchstone and guide for adhesive arachnoiditis patients and their families worldwide. This book is a direct result of the many years of Dr.Tennant's clinical experience as a practicing physician, and his success in treating and improving patient's health and quality of life in spite of a devasting diagnosis. His colleague's insights and experience of living with adhesive arachnoiditis, traversing the often-frustrating journey of trying to get a diagnosis, and receive effective treatment were difficult. This book will help those who suspect they may have adhesive arachnoiditis get a swift and proper diagnosis, and avoid delay in effective treatment. Tips to treat and prevent adhesive arachnoiditis are clearly outlined in this book. Treatment of adhesive arachnoiditis brings enhanced health, quality of life and joy to the years in spite of having a devastating disease. It is our sincere hope that the prevention tips outlined in this book will be heeded so that future cases of arachnoiditis will be drastically reduced. There is hope and help!
BURNING FLARES! Agonizing muscle spasms! Unbearable neurological pain! Electric shocks! Uncontrollable twitching! Crawling insects! Numb weak legs, excruciating nerve pain! Paralysis! Bladder, bowel, sexual disfunction! Suicide! This is the life most sufferers of Arachnoiditis have to face each day.A devotional book giving hope for people with Arachnoiditis and chronic pain conditions.......Forest Tennant M.D., Dr. P.H., Author of over 300 scientific articles and books, Editor Emeritus of Practical Pain Management......I have often referred to Adhesive Arachnoiditis as the "Devil's Own Disease". It is a disease of great harm, deviousness and loneliness. It creates a feeling of helplessness, hopelessness and fear. Elaine Ballard and "The Furnace of Fire" penetrates the veil of despair that this disease brings to its unfortunate victims. Readers, whether you have the disease or not, will develop an understanding of it, and the need of the victim and family to seek and find spiritual guidance. This book is critical at this point in time because the triad of an aging population, high prevalence of spine diseases, and risky medical interventions have resulted in thousands of cases of which some are now in every community. It is no longer a rare disease. "The Furnace of Fire" points us in a direction to begin the prevention and treatment of this "Devil's Disease". All interested parties should read this most timely and insightful book. Best wishes always. ----
Constant, incurable intractable pain is a dreaded malady that has haunted humanity since the beginning of time. A must-read for any patient who is suffering with intractable pain, their physicians, and family members. For those who are interested in the history and future of pain treatment, this is the book for you! This is a deep dive into the subject by the world's foremost expert on intractable pain, Dr. Forest Tennant. His interest in the treatment, and most importantly, the prevention of the intractable pain syndrome (IPS) has been inspired over his 40-plus years as a physician in public health, addiction medicine, and the treatment of intractable pain. Dr. Forest Tennant has witnessed this horrific malady firsthand and has skillfully treated hundreds of patients through his long career in medicine. How to prevent chronic pain from transforming into IPS is a matter of great urgency, and one of great interest to the author. Learn from the expert about what you can do to prevent intractable pain syndrome, and if you already have it, learn measures to take to prevent its progression.
Seasoned clinicians comprehensively, yet succinctly, summarize their years of experience in the diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic pain across a wide variety of medical conditions. Drawing on their extensive personal knowledge of internal medicine, family practice, rheumatology, neurology, cardiology, as well as of urology, oncology, neurology, physical medicine, and gastroenterology, they provide all the practical information needed by busy practitioners to initiate appropriate diagnostic tests and therapy-without having to consult other references. Treatment is presented in practical terms, with specific but full information given on medications and dosages.
From reviews of Deer, eds., Comprehensive Treatment of Chronic Pain by Medical, Interventional, and Integrative Approaches: "Comprehensive Treatment of Chronic Pain by Medical, Interventional, and Integrative Approaches is a major textbook... [I]t should be a part of all departmental libraries and in the reference collection of pain fellows and pain practitioners. In fact, this text could be to pain as Miller is to general anesthesia." Journal of Neurosurgical Anesthesiology Edited by master clinician-experts appointed by the American Academy of Pain Medicine, this is a soft cover version of the Interventional sections of the acclaimed Deer, eds., Comprehensive Treatment of Chronic Pain by Medical, Interventional, and Integrative Approaches. It is intended as a primary reference for busy clinicians who seek up-to-date and authoritative information about interventional approaches to treating chronic pain. State-of-the-art coverage of full range of techniques: neural blockades, neurolysis blocks, and neurostimulation Review of clinically relevant anatomy and physiology "Key Points" preview contents of each chapter
This comprehensive review covers the full and latest array of interventional techniques for managing chronic pain. Chapters are grouped by specific treatment modalities that include spinal interventional techniques, nonspinal and peripheral nerve blocks, sympathetic interventional techniques, soft tissue and joint injections, and implantables. Practical step-by-step and evidence-based guidance is given to each approach in order to improve the clinician's understanding. Innovative and timely, Essentials of Interventional Techniques in Managing Chronic Pain is a critical resource for anesthesiologists, neurologists, and rehabilitation and pain physicians.