Do You Have Nerve Pain?

Did you have an injury a long time ago and you know it has healed but you still have intense pain? If you have nerve or neuropathic pain, more than likely, you will feel as though you are being stuck with pins and needles or shocked by electricity. Often, nerve pain can be caused by something that is not painful, even from a light touch of bed sheets. Even walking can be extremely painful. Nerve Pain, just like any type of chronic pain, can interfere with your daily life. When it is not properly managed it can end up controlling the way you live. Below you will find symptoms and links to information about how to get some nerve pain relief, pain relief from sciatica and more.

Nerve pain, explained in more detail, is a very complicated, long lasting pain that usually is caused by tissue injury. In general, as the healing process starts, pain and tenderness associated with the injury will go away. However, some people experience pain without an obvious injury or suffer agonizing pain long after their injury has healed. With this type of pain, the nerve fibers themselves may be damaged,not working properly or injured. These damaged nerve fibers send incorrect signals to other pain centers. The function of the nerve is changed both at the site of injury and areas around the injury. One example of neuropathic pain is called phantom limb syndrome. This occurs when an arm or a leg has been removed because of illness or injury, but the brain still gets pain messages from the nerves that originally carried impulses from the missing limb. These nerves now misfire and cause pain. To relate it to your neck and back, nerve or neuropathic pain can be caused from nerve irritation caused by damage to your neck or back discs between the vertebrae.

To help explain it a bit further, there are two (2) different types of pain:

1. Nociceptive Pain include: post–operative pain, pain associated with trauma, and the chronic pain of arthritis. Nociceptive pain usually responds to opioids and non–steroidal anti–inflammatories (NSAIDS).
2. Neuropathic pain, in contrast to nociceptive pain, is described as "burning", "electric", "tingling", and "shooting" in nature. The pain can be continuous or can appear suddenly with extreme pain and is produced by damage to, or by disease (such as in diabetes)in the nervous system.

Symptoms of Nerve Pain include at least one of the following:

• Numbness
• Burning
• Tingling
• Stabbing sensation
• Shooting sensation
• Pins and needles
• Electric-shock pain

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