Neuropathic pain is caused by disorders of, or damage to, the nervous system. The affected nerves can induce the sensation of pain in the brain. Neuropathic pain is often associated with the ...

Let's face it ... nerve pain can REALLY get on your nerves. Sometimes it happens when nerves get compressed and irritated, causing a sharp, shooting pain. Or it could be from nerve damage ...

Pain is one of the most debilitating symptoms that presents with neuropathy. Neuropathic pain syndrome is a challenge to treat and, even with appropriate evidence-based treatment, only a 40% ...

Some over-the-counter (OTC) topical creams, like lidocaine or capsaicin, may be helpful for nerve pain. Nerve pain is distinct from typical tissue pain. When you have tissue pain, like falling ...

Recently, evidence from experimental human pain research has indicated that in many of these patients pain processing in the central nervous system is abnormal and mimics that seen in neuropathic pain ...

Background: The incidence of neuropathic pain (NP) after spinal cord injury (SCI) is quite high. This pain is clinically challenging to treat and has an debilitating effect on patients. In recent ...

Sciatic nerve pain (also called sciatica or lumbar radiculopathy) affects your lower back and can radiate to the thighs and legs. The pain occurs due to compression at the root of the sciatic ...

Nerve pain — a side effect of HIV medications and the infection itself — can be treated with duloxetine (Cymbalta), a common antidepressant. This offers a great benefit to people infected with HIV, as ...

Allodynia is a rare type of nerve pain that is triggered by something that wouldn't normally cause pain, such as the touch of your bedsheets, the seam of a sock, or the warmth coming off of freshly ...

AND SOME PEOPLE HAVE ALMOST AN ELECTRICAL PAIN RUNNING DOWN ONE LEG. WHAT CAUSES THAT? THAT COULD BE SCIATICA. IT’S USUALLY CAUSED BY A PINCHED NERVE IN YOUR LOWER BACK. MANY PEOPLE RECOVER ...

Chronic nerve pain, or neuropathic pain, is caused by damage to nerves outside the brain and spinal cord. It can lead to ongoing discomfort that is difficult to manage with current treatments.

A peripheral nerve block is a procedure done by an anesthesiologist to provide postoperative pain relief for people having knee replacement surgery. The anesthesiologist (a doctor specializing in pain ...