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Neuropathic Pain

IASP Definition

Neuropathic pain is a clinical description

(and not a diagnosis)

which requires

a demonstrable lesion

or a disease that satisfies

established

neurological diagnostic criteria.

The term lesion is commonly used

when diagnostic investigations

(e.g. imaging, neurophysiology, biopsies, lab tests)

reveal an abnormality

or

when there was obvious trauma.

The term disease is commonly used

when the underlying cause

of the lesion is known

(e.g. stroke, vasculitis,

diabetes mellitus,

genetic abnormality)

Neuropathic pain:

Pain caused by a lesion or disease of the somatosensory nervous system

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