Features of Pain Syndrome in Patients With Multiple Sclerosis

Abstract

The data of 61 medical cards of patients with multiple sclerosis has been analyzed. 47,54% of patients reported pain as a symptom of multiple sclerosis, following types of pain were observed: neuropathic pain (оngoing extremity pain, Lhermitte's phenomenon), nociceptive pain (headache, back pain) and mixed pain (painful tonic spasms, spasticity pain). Only 17,24% of patients received therapy to treat pain.