neurogenic pain

neurogenic pain
neuropathic pain pain, such as that occurring in causalgia or herpetic neuralgia, that results from direct stimulation of nervous tissue of the peripheral or central nervous system (except for sensitized C fibers), generally felt as burning or tingling and often occurring in an area of sensory loss

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