The evaluation of pain in the aphasic patient

Abstract

We are used to talking to our patients about pain. As neurologists, we talk to people with unusual pain syndromes every day. We talk to them about their trigeminal neuralgia, about their headaches, and about the diverse pains associated with Guillain-Barre syndrome. We talk with people who have complex regional pain syndromes requiring multidisciplinary approaches and atypical pain presentations for both diagnostic and management reasons.