Pain & Allergy
Conditions
Deep dives — Alpha-Gal Syndrome: tick-origin science · complete foods list · cross-reactive meds · anaphylaxis plan · testing · restaurant & travel · tick prevention · natural history
Deep dives — Chronic Pain: Nociceptive vs Neuropathic vs Nociplastic · Central Sensitization · Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS) · Chronic Low Back Pain · Opioids for Non-Cancer Pain · Non-Opioid Medications · Interventional Pain (Injections, Ablations, Neuromodulation) · Pain Reprocessing Therapy & PNE · Sleep, Exercise & Lifestyle
Deep dives — Migraine: Aura & Visual Disturbances · Triptans & Gepants (Acute) · CGRP Inhibitors & Preventives · Chronic Migraine & MOH · Menstrual & Hormonal Migraine · Vestibular Migraine · Diet Triggers & Elimination · Magnesium, Riboflavin & Supplements · Migraine in Pregnancy & Breastfeeding
This field focuses on chronic pain conditions and immune-mediated allergic disorders.
All Pain & Allergy Articles A–Z
Every article in this specialty, listed alphabetically.
- Allergic Rhinitis (Hay Fever)
- Allergies
- Alpha-Gal Syndrome: The Tick-Driven Allergy to Red Meat
- Anaphylaxis
- Chronic Pain
- Chronic Urticaria
- Cluster Headaches
- Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS)
- Contact Dermatitis
- Drug Allergy
- Eosinophilic Esophagitis
- Fibromyalgia
- Food Allergy
- Food Intolerance
- Hereditary Angioedema
- Mast Cell Activation Syndrome (MCAS)
- Mastocytosis
- Migraine
- Neuropathic Pain
- Tension Headache
Featured Videos
Connections
- Julius & Patapoutian — the receptors for heat, cold and touch — why chilli burns and menthol feels cold
- John Vane — prostaglandins, and the mechanism behind aspirin and the NSAIDs
- Charles Richet — anaphylaxis — the discovery, and the adrenaline that treats it
- Daniel Bovet — the first antihistamines
- Katz, von Euler & Axelrod — how nerve signals are sent and switched off
- Herbs covered on this site that discuss conditions in this specialty: Butterbur · Elephant's Foot (Elephantopus scaber) · Black Seed (Nigella sativa) · Elecampane
- Herbs