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Can any doc tell me what's the definition of shooting pain?
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See pain management: Shooting pain like any other pain is an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with actual or potential tissue damage or described in terms of such damage. See pain management specialist for diagnosis and treatment.
Answered 7/3/2014
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Shooting pain: Shooting pain is not actually a medical term, but more or a lay-man term. If the pain arises from one part of the body and travels to another such as back to leg and has a characteristic of electric like sensation, it can be described as shooting pain. Most nerve pains are of this nature.
Answered 8/3/2014
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