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Neuralgia history and symptoms

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History and Symptoms

  • Increased sensitivity of the skin along the path of the damaged nerve, so that any touch or pressure is felt as pain
  • Numbness along the path of the nerve
    • In the same location each episode
    • Sharp, stabbing
    • May come and go (intermittent), or be constant, burning pain
    • May get worse when the area is moved
  • Weakness or complete paralysis of muscles supplied by the same nerve

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