Cranial Neuralgias With Dr. Stephanie Nahas Continuum Audio

Cranial neuralgias comprise a distinct set of disorders typified by short-lasting attacks of intense pain in the distribution of a particular nerve in the cranium. Cranial neuralgia syndromes are rare but can be debilitating and go undiagnosed or misdiagnosed for years.
In this episode, Lyell Jones, MD, FAAN, speaks with Stephanie J. Nahas, MD, MSEd, FAAN, MD, an author of the article “Cranial Neuralgias,” in the Continuum® April 2024 Headache issue.
Dr. Jones is the editor-in-chief of Continuum: Lifelong Learning in Neurology® and is a professor of neurology at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota.
Dr. Nahas is an associate professor of neurology at Thomas Jefferson University and assistant director of the Headache Medicine Fellowship Program at Jefferson Headache Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
 
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Dr Jones: This is Dr. Lyell Jones, Editor-in-Chief of Continuum: Lifelong Learning in Neurology. Today, I'm interviewing Dr. Stephanie Nahas, who has recently authored an article on cranial neuralgias in the latest issue of Continuum on headache. Dr. Nahas is a neurologist at Thomas Jefferson University where she is an Associate Professor of Neurology and serves as Assistant Program Director of the Headache Fellowship program there. Dr. Nahas, welcome, and thank you for joining us today.
Dr Nahas: Thanks for having me. Glad to be here.
Dr Jones: So, for our listeners who are new to Continuum, Continuum is a journal dedicated to helping clinicians deliver the highest possible quality neurologic care to their patients, and we do so with high quality and current clinical reviews. Dr. Nahas, your article is a perfect example of that - it's full of really helpful (and I think clinically relevant) recommendations for neurologists who take care of patients with cranial neuralgias. And now that at this moment (during this podcast interview), you have the attention of a huge audience of neurologists - what's the one most important practice change that you would like to see in the care of these patients? 
Dr Nahas: I would like to see the recognition of these cranial neuralgias and related syndromes as distinct and overlapping with other primary headaches much more often. I think far too often, clinicians will try to pigeonhole these headache and facial pain diagnoses and try to make just one diagnosis the main one, and any other symptomatology that comes along with it – “Oh, that's just a weird part of your primary syndrome, right?” I know I've fallen into this trap a number of times, because mostly what we see