Dr. Ivica Ducic, MD - Washington Nerve Institute

11/29/2023

Dr. Ducic lecturing on lower extremity nerve injuries at a recent AENS Meeting in Texas.

11/06/2023

Dr.Ducic lecturing about nerve injuries to surgeons at the nerve course in Boston.

12/27/2020

Did you undergo a knee surgery but are left with a chronic pain?

Traumas and surgeries often cause nerve damage. This nerve damage translates into a chronic pain, which means a pain that lasts past the normal amount of time that it should take to recover.

If any of these symptoms persist, please visit a professional:
- The problems persist after six months of medical pain management, physical therapy, supportive care, and necessary adjustments.
- You have been prescribed certain medical care that is not showing signs of improvement.
- Problems persist past the normal amount of recovery time and all other possible contributors have been ruled out (post operative infection, bleeding, etc.)

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12/27/2020

Every day many patients undergo dental and oral surgery procedures. Injury to the peripheral sensory branches of the trigeminal nerve are known to cause complications in dental and oral and maxillofacial surgical procedures. To understand more about dental and oral surgery nerve injuries, read this http://ow.ly/fBm050wogwE

12/27/2020

The causes of migraines and neuralgias can be very complex and many patients spend years searching for an effective treatment.

With outpatient surgical procedures I have helped over a thousand patients who suffered from frontal, temporal or occipital neuralgia related chronic migraine headaches.

Most of these patients who have suffered from long standing and disabling headaches have experienced complete cure following surgery, while some have had partial but significant relief.

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12/27/2020

We usually are aware of the differences in headaches that we experience, and usually they are quite familiar. However, if you have one that is different than what you normally experience, it could very well be occipital neuralgia. Read the following article to learn about symptoms, treatment, and cure for Occipital Neuralgia http://ow.ly/yiQa309QrkM

12/27/2020

Concoussions can sometimes cause a secondary injury that's resulting in severe headaches.

Dr. Ivica Ducic discusses recent advancements in the treatment of chronic headaches, migraines and occipital neuralgia following concussion.

Watch the full news coverage about one of his patients below:

Dr. Ivica Ducic discusses recent advancements in the treatment of chronic headaches, migraines and occipital neuralgia following concussion. Dr. Ducic has p...

12/27/2020

Any trauma or surgery can result in nerve damage causing chronic pain (pain persistent beyond normal recovery time for a given surgery).

The most common two mechanisms include nerve damage either by direct nerve injury with previous surgery, or as a result of a nerve being passively caught in the scar tissue as healing process after surgery/trauma/burns takes place.

What is often seen in the practice, is that patients with chronic pain are left to be treated mainly by pain medications which do not treat the cause of the problem, but the symptoms only.

Are you experiencing these symptoms?

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12/27/2020

Did you overcome shingles but they left a lasting pain?

Post-herpetic neuralgia is a painful condition that can occur after having shingles, but it can also begin in the absence of herpes zoster. It can be a debilitating chronic condition characterized by pain, burning and itching sensation along the involved nerve, more commonly the sensory nerves of the head and trunk.

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12/27/2020

What's the difference between headaches, migraines and neuralgia?

A migraine is not exactly a headache but rather a common type. Migraines are accompanied by symptoms such as nausea, vomiting or sensitivity to light where many people feel a kind of throbbing pain, felt on only one side of the head.

A migraine is different than a tension headache. However, some people suffer from a mixture of a migraine and tension headaches, known as tension-migraine headaches.

An interesting point to note down is that some people have an aura, a sort of a forewarning before an actual migraine begins.
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12/27/2020

Are you suffering from chronic numbness in the fingers of your hand?

This may be due to a compression of the median nerve which is located at the wrist. The condition is called Carpal Tunnel Syndrome.

This is so as the patients who are diagnosed with Carpal Tunnel Syndrome have numbness in their fingers or hands (parts of the upper limb) because of the compression of certain nerves, either with or without muscle weakness.

A solution is to undergo a surgery that relieves pressure from the several compressed nerves that cause numbness and weakness.

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12/27/2020

Migrane or Occipital Neuralgia?

Occipital Neuralgia is one of many kinds of headaches, and can easily be missed because the symptoms are similar to that of migraines and other types of headaches.

Medical professionals believe it can be the result of a head or neck injury. It can also be caused be repeated long term movements of the neck, such as stretching or flexing.

It has very rarely also been associated with some cancers of the spine.

Above everything, medical officials recommend getting a correct diagnosis, since symptoms can be very similar to other conditions.

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