Nerve: Nerve pain is pain caused by nerve irritation, frequently intense, severe and unremitting and not dependent upon positon or mechanical change it is hard to relieve with standard pain medications < it can involve a peripheral nerve or a central nerve at the spinal cord . It usually does not mean pain from the brain itself but inthe spinal cord or the peripheral nerve sustem.
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Neuralgia: Neuralgia is a sharp, shocking pain that follows the path of a nerve and is due to irritation or damage to the nerve.
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Sharp, burning: Nerve pain can be burning, shooting, sharp. It can also present as numbness/tingling. It may follow a certain path which is a nerve branch or be general to an area which can represent neuropathy.
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