What it is
Pain caused by a lesion or disease of the peripheral somatosensory nervous system. Causes may be metabolic, traumatic, infectious, toxic or mechanical.
Typical clinical symptoms
- Burning, tingling, electric or shooting pain
- Numbness or reduced sensation
- Pain from light touch and sometimes weakness
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Scientific literature
External publications selected for this topic. Their scope may cover a specific condition, population or intervention within this topic; they do not constitute an individual treatment plan.
Neuropathic Pain: Central vs. Peripheral Mechanisms.
Literature review · 2017
Persistent Pain
When is medical reassessment needed?
New or progressive pain with fever, unexplained weight loss, a history of cancer, fracture risk after trauma, neurological weakness, saddle numbness, bladder or bowel change, or loss of balance requires prompt or emergency assessment according to the symptoms.
Descriptions are for orientation. Diagnosis follows history, clinical examination and, only when indicated, imaging or laboratory tests.
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