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Neuralgia pain

Neuralgia pain: Introduction

Neuralgia pain: Neuralgia is pain that follows the path of a nerve. More detailed information about the symptoms, causes, and treatments of Neuralgia pain is available below.

Symptoms of Neuralgia pain

• Impaired function of affected body part due to pain, or muscle weakness due to motor nerve damage
• Increased sensitivity of the skin or numbness of the affected skin area Pain along the path of a specific nerve
• Pain located anywhere, usually on or near the surface of the body
• In the same location for each episode
• Sharp, stabbing pain that comes and goes (intermittent) or constant, burning pain
• more symptoms...»

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Neuralgia pain: Complications

Review possible medical complications related to Neuralgia pain:

• Complications of surgery
• Disability caused by pain
• Side effects of medications used to control pain
• Unnecessary dental procedures before neuralgia is diagnosed
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Wrongly Diagnosed with Neuralgia pain?

• Misdiagnosis of Neuralgia pain
• Failure to diagnose Neuralgia pain
• Hidden causes of Neuralgia pain (possibly wrongly diagnosed)
• Undiagnosed: Neuralgia pain

Causes of Neuralgia pain

• Certain drugs
• Chemical irritation
• Chronic renal insufficiency
• Diabetes
• Infections, such as shingles, syphilis, and Lyme disease
• more causes...»

See full list of 9 causes of Neuralgia pain

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Treatments for Neuralgia pain

• Treatment options include medicines, surgery, and complementary approaches
• Antidepressant medications (amitriptyline, nortriptyline, duloxitine)
• Antiseizure medications (carbamazepine, gabapentin, lamotrigine or phenytoin) for trigeminal neuralgia pain
• more treatments...»

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Evidence Based Medicine Research for Neuralgia pain

Medical research articles related to Neuralgia pain include:

• Topical lidocaine for the treatment of postherpetic neuralgia
• Navigating the maze of drug therapy for neuropathic pain
• Lidocaine 5% medicated plaster (Versatis)
• Neuropathic Pain
• What is the best treatment for patients with an outbreak of herpes zoster?
• Herpes Zoster (Overview)
• more research...»

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Prognosis for Neuralgia pain

Prognosis for Neuralgia pain: Most neuralgias are not life-threatening and are not signs of other life-threatening disorders. Most neuralgias will respond to treatment. Attacks of pain usually come and go. However, attacks may become more frequent in some patients as they get older.

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