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Facial pain, depression and stress – connections and directions
Author(s) -
Korszun Ania
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
journal of oral pathology and medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.887
H-Index - 83
eISSN - 1600-0714
pISSN - 0904-2512
DOI - 10.1034/j.1600-0714.2002.00091.x
Subject(s) - fibromyalgia , depression (economics) , medicine , facial pain , pathophysiology , chronic pain , pathogenesis , facial expression , psychology , physical medicine and rehabilitation , physical therapy , surgery , economics , macroeconomics , communication
Chronic facial pain is associated with depression, stress and other chronic pain disorders such as fibromyalgia. There is growing evidence that all these conditions share underlying pathophysiological processes. This review explores this relationship and examines the role of the main stress hormone axis, the hypothalamic‐pituitary‐adrenal axis, in the pathogenesis of facial pain including possible future therapeutic approaches.