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Review
. 2021 Mar 30;11(4):613.
doi: 10.3390/diagnostics11040613.

Neuropathic Pain in the Elderly

Silvia Giovannini  1 , Daniele Coraci  1   2 , Fabrizio Brau  1   3 , Vincenzo Galluzzo  1   3 , Claudia Loreti  1 , Pietro Caliandro  1 , Luca Padua  1   3 , Giulio Maccauro  1   3 , Lorenzo Biscotti  1   4 , Roberto Bernabei  1   3
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Review

Neuropathic Pain in the Elderly

Silvia Giovannini et al. Diagnostics (Basel). .

Abstract

Neuropathic pain due to a lesion or a disease of the somatosensory system often affects older people presenting several comorbidities. Moreover, elderly patients are often poly-medicated, hospitalized and treated in a nursing home with a growing risk of drug interaction and recurrent hospitalization. Neuropathic pain in the elderly has to be managed by a multidimensional approach that involves several medical, social and psychological professionals in order to improve the quality of life of the patients and, where present, their relatives.

Keywords: aging; neuropathic pain; personalized medicine.

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The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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