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Neuralgia is pain that follows the path of a specific nerve.
Source:ADAM
Date:September 7, 2006
Neuralgia is defined as an intense burning or stabbing pain caused by irritation of or damage to a nerve. The pain is usually brief but may be severe.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
Neuralgia describes a variety of rare and painful conditions in which shooting, stabbing, burning, pain; electric-like shocks; or tingling, pins and needles, or numbness occur along the course of a nerve, usually in the head or neck. Neuralgia attacks tend to by cyclic, often coming and going without warning.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine
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