Acute Pain

Symptoms Pain is an unpleasant and subjective sensory and emotional experience associated with actual or potential tissue damage or described in terms of such damage. Acute pain may be accompanied by activation of the sympathetic nervous system, resulting in rapid heartbeat, deep breathing, hypertension, sweating, and nausea, among other symptoms. Pain has several components: Sensory/discriminative: … Acute Pain

Breakthrough Pain

Symptoms Breakthrough pain is acute and transient pain that occurs against a background of continuous pain management. It is an acute exacerbation that is most common in chronic disease and especially in cancer. The pain is usually sudden, acute, and intense. Causes The exact causes are not always known. Breakthrough pain may occur as a … Breakthrough Pain

Postherpetic Neuralgia

Symptoms Postherpetic neuralgia manifests as localizable and unilateral pain in the area that was affected by shingles, increased tenderness (allodynia1) and pruritus. The pain character is described as itchy, burning, sharp, stabbing, and throbbing, among others. The discomfort occurs even though the shingles has healed and can sometimes last for months and even years. The … Postherpetic Neuralgia