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SFETD

Societe Francaise d'Etude et de Traitement de la Douleur, the French medical society for the study and treatment of pain; it organises the annual SFETD congress in France.

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Nociceptive pain

Pain arising from actual or threatened damage to non-neural tissue, caused by activation of nociceptors.

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Neuropathic pain

Pain caused by a lesion or disease of the somatosensory nervous system.

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Nociplastic pain

Pain arising from altered nociception despite no clear evidence of actual or threatened tissue damage causing activation of peripheral nociceptors, or evidence of disease or lesion of the somatosensory system.

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Central sensitization

Increased responsiveness of nociceptive neurons in the central nervous system to normal or subthreshold afferent input, often linked to chronic pain states.

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Hyperalgesia

Increased pain from a stimulus that normally provokes pain.

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Allodynia

Pain due to a stimulus that does not normally provoke pain, such as light touch.

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Complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS)

A chronic pain condition, usually affecting a limb after trauma, with sensory, vasomotor, sudomotor and trophic changes that are disproportionate to the inciting event.

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Fibromyalgia

A chronic condition characterised by widespread pain, fatigue, sleep disturbance and cognitive symptoms; it is often classified within nociplastic pain mechanisms.

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Multimodal analgesia

Combining analgesic drugs and non-drug techniques with different mechanisms to improve pain relief and reduce reliance on a single agent or opioid.

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Opioid rotation

Switching from one opioid to another to improve analgesia or manage adverse effects, using equianalgesic conversion and careful titration.

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Neuromodulation

Techniques such as spinal cord stimulation or peripheral nerve stimulation that alter nervous system activity to manage chronic pain.

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Patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs)

Standardised questionnaires completed by patients to capture pain intensity, function, sleep, mood and quality of life.

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Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS)

A non-invasive technique that applies low-voltage electrical currents through the skin to modulate pain.