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Steffen, Peter, et al. "Bee Stings and Chronic Pain Disorder." Cureus vol. 10,1 (2018): e2060. doi: https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.2060
Steffen P, Hofbauer H, Noll-Hussong M. Bee Stings and Chronic Pain Disorder. Cureus. 2018 Jan 13;10(1):e2060. doi: 10.7759/cureus.2060. PMID: 29545983; PMCID: PMC5849357.
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Cureus. 2018 Jan 13;10(1):e2060. doi: 10.7759/cureus.2060.

Bee Stings and Chronic Pain Disorder.

Cureus

Peter Steffen, Hannes Hofbauer, Michael Noll-Hussong

Affiliations

  1. Department of Anesthesiology, University Hospital Ulm.
  2. Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, Saarland University.

PMID: 29545983 PMCID: PMC5849357 DOI: 10.7759/cureus.2060

Abstract

Chronic pain is a major problem of public health, and patients seek manifold forms of help to find relief. Here we present and discuss the case of a middle-aged woman suffering from mental disorders who treated her headache with the self-application of bee stings on her back.

Keywords: bee; chronic pain; complementary and alternative medicine; headache; mental health; pain management; placebo; psychiatry; psycho- social behaviour; psychosomatic medicine

Conflict of interest statement

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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