Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation Is Safe and Relieves Post-Herpetic Neuralgia in Patient with Dermatomyositis: A Case Report

作     者：Rafael Giovani Misse Alexandre Moura dos Santos Abrahão Fontes Baptista Samuel Katsuyuki Shinjo Rafael Giovani Misse;Alexandre Moura dos Santos;Abrahão Fontes Baptista;Samuel Katsuyuki Shinjo

作者机构：Division of Rheumatology Faculdade de Medicina FMUSP Universidade de Sã o Paulo Sã o Paulo Brazil Center for Mathematics Computation and Cognition Federal University of ABC (UFABC) Sã o Bernardo do Campo Brazil 

出 版 物：《Open Journal of Rheumatology and Autoimmune Diseases》 (风湿病与自身免疫疾病期刊（英文）)

年 卷 期：2022年第12卷第4期

页      面：114-118页

学科分类：08[工学] 082302[工学-交通信息工程及控制] 0823[工学-交通运输工程] 

主　　题：Cerebral Neuromodulation Dermatomyositis Neuralgia Pain Treatment 

摘      要：To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report in the literature showing the efficacy of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) in treating refractory post-herpetic neuralgia in a patient with dermatomyositis. In addition, our results showed that tDCS sessions are safe and do not lead to disease relapse. Therefore, despite the limitations of being a case report, this study provides encouraging results that need to be widely explored in studies with a representative number of patients and with an appropriate design for patients with this systemic rheumatic autoimmune disease.