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EN Neuropathic pain refers to pain caused by primary damage and dysfunction of the nervous system. It is a type of chronic and spontaneous pain, mostly caused by sciatica and postherpetic neuralgia (commonly known as “生蛇” in Hong Kong).
對於神經性疼痛，現時一般藥物治療相對效用不大，傳統止痛藥例如撲熱息痛 (Paracetamol) 或一些非類固醇消炎藥都無法有效地緩和痛楚。
一些精神科醫生提出使用一些精神科藥物來治療，例如三環抗抑鬱藥 (TCA) 或抗癲癇藥，雖然在部分病例中這些藥物比傳統止痛藥更為有效，但這些精神科藥物帶來很多副作用，治療效果成疑，並且未被美國和歐洲廣泛使用，所以患者在採用藥物治療前，應先考慮清楚。
對於無法以藥物緩解的神經性疼痛，腦磁激是一種有效而且無創的技術，定位導航系統透過把腦磁激技術和3D腦成像相結合，可以準確有效地調節運動皮層 (Mortor cortex) 中的神經活動，從而調節疼痛感，用於緩解慢性難治的神經性疼痛有很大的幫助。
專家指出透過 3D腦成像能準確判斷腦部運動皮層中需要刺激的部位，令腦磁激可以真正發揮顯著的鎮痛作用，可見病人在導航腦磁激治療試有臨床受益。
參考資料
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Lefaucheur, J.P. et al. (2014). Evidence-based guidelines on the therapeutic use of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS). Clin Neurophysiol, 125(11):2150-206.https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25034472
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