Nerve pain
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Nerve pain or neuropathic pain or neuralgia is pain in the nerve(s),[1] nerve pain is typically experienced as an intense pain that causes painful shooting, stabbing or burning sensations.[2][3]
Nerve pain is usually chronic, meaning that it lasts for over 3 months.[3]
Symptom recognition
Nerve pain occurs in some patients with ME/CFS or fibromyalgia.
In the International Consensus Criteria (ICC) for M.E., nerve pain is not directly referred to in the diagnostic criteria but would typically meet the Pain (significant pain) criteria. The ICC primer refers to nerve pain under the "possible pathological types/comments" of Pain: "altered sensory information and pain processing in the brain that is perceived as pain, peripheral neuropathies."[4]
Prevalence
Possible causes
Notable studies
Treatments
See also
Learn more
- Pain terminology - International Association for the Study of Pain
References
- ↑ "IASP Terminology". International Association for the Study of Pain. Retrieved December 13, 2021.
- ↑ Saling, Joseph (2019). "Pain Classifications and Causes: Nerve Pain, Muscle Pain, and More". WebMD. Retrieved December 14, 2021.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Neuropathic Pain Management". WebMD. Retrieved December 14, 2021.
- ↑ Carruthers, BM; van de Sande, MI; De Meirleir, KL; Klimas, NG; Broderick, G; Mitchell, T; Staines, D; Powles, ACP; Speight, N; Vallings, R; Bateman, L; Bell, DS; Carlo-Stella, N; Chia, J; Darragh, A; Gerken, A; Jo, D; Lewis, DP; Light, AR; Light, KC; Marshall-Gradisnik, S; McLaren-Howard, J; Mena, I; Miwa, K; Murovska, M; Stevens, SR (2012), Myalgic encephalomyelitis: Adult & Paediatric: International Consensus Primer for Medical Practitioners (PDF), ISBN 978-0-9739335-3-6
