- Provides quick reference for clinicians and patients dealing with functional symptoms relating to the head and neck
- Fills the market need for a reference that deals with functional illness as a distinct entity
- Written by experts in the field
This book uniquely discusses an approach to illnesses for which the causes are unknown.
It fills the gaps in the literature by relaying research on functional illness, identifying and assessing various options, and indicating some decision-making suggestions that should help clinicians and patients think about therapy.
Special considerations for functional illness include "probability" explanations based on the experience of others, serious consideration of the severity of symptoms before treatments are applied, and balancing the risks, costs, and consequences of treatment; including the patient's thoughts and attitudes is critical for success in treating functional illness.
Unique and comprehensive, Functional Illness is an invaluable reference for medical physicians of all specialties who wish to understand better and identify functional illness symptoms.
Table of Contents- Introduction What Is Functional Illness?
- Some Basic Science and Functional Illness
- Altered Sensation
- Stress and Functional Illness
- Allergy and Environmental Illness
- Depression
- Chronic Pain Syndromes: Neck Pain
- Chronic Pain Syndromes: Shoulder Pain
- Fibromyalgia
- Myofascial Pain
- Chronic Sore Throat
- Ear Pain and TMJ
- Functional Dizziness
- Headaches
- Subjective Tinnitus
- Head and Neck Manifestations of Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
- Sleep and Functional Illness
- Functional Disorders of the Larynx: Muscle Tension Dysphonia, Paradoxical Vocal Cord Dysfunction, and Globus Pharyngeus
- A Psychological Approach to Functional Illness
- Pharmacologic Treatment Options in Functional Illness
- Pharmacology of Cannabis
- Complementary and Alternative Therapies
- Diets
- Functional Medicine in the Pediatric Otolaryngology Patient
