Nerve & Joint Pain
Nerve & Joint Pain
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About Neurogenic Pain
Neurogenic pain, also called neuropathic pain, arises from damage or dysfunction within the nervous system itself, rather than tissue injury. It encompasses neuropathic pain (peripheral nerve lesions), central pain (brain/spinal cord damage), and deafferentation pain (sensory loss), where nerves generate aberrant signals spontaneously.
Types & Characteristics:
- Peripheral Neurogenic Pain: Common forms include diabetic neuropathy, postherpetic neuralgia (after shingles), trigeminal neuralgia, nerve injury (surgical or accident), nerve compression, radiculopathy (e.g., sciatica), chemotherapy-induced neuropathy, etc. Symptoms involve allodynia (pain from non-painful stimuli) or hyperalgesia.
- Central Neuropathic Pain: This stems from TBIs, spinal cord injury, stroke, multiple sclerosis, syringomyelia, etc. producing widespread burning pain or hypersensitivity below the lesion level. Mixed cases, like complex regional pain syndrome type II, combine both mechanisms.
Distinct from nociceptive pain (sprains, strains, cuts), neurogenic pain features burning, sensory loss, shooting (“electric shocks”), tingling (“pins and needles”), or allodynia (pain from light touch). Symptoms follow nerve distributions, worsen nocturnally, and resist opioids.
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