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Occipital neuralgia. Occipital neuralgia (ON) is a painful condition affecting the posterior head in the distributions of the greater occipital nerve (GON), lesser occipital nerve (LON), third occipital nerve (TON), or a combination of the three. It is paroxysmal, lasting from seconds to minutes, and often consists of lancinating pain that ...
Cerebrospinal fluid leak. A cerebrospinal fluid leak ( CSF leak or CSFL) is a medical condition where the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) that surrounds the brain and spinal cord leaks out of one or more holes or tears in the dura mater. [ 1] A CSF leak is classed as either spontaneous (primary), having no known cause ( sCSF leak ), or nonspontaneous ...
Frequency. 4.1%-12.4% (12-month prevalence, US adults) [ 1] Neuropathic pain is pain caused by a lesion or disease of the somatosensory nervous system. [ 2][ 3] Neuropathic pain may be associated with abnormal sensations called dysesthesia or pain from normally non-painful stimuli ( allodynia ). It may have continuous and/or episodic ...
Piriformis syndrome is a condition which is believed to result from nerve compression at the sciatic nerve by the piriformis muscle. [ 2][ 5] It is a specific case of deep gluteal syndrome. [ 6] The largest and most bulky nerve in the human body is the sciatic nerve. Starting at its origin it is 2 cm wide and 0.5 cm thick.
Trigeminal neuralgia ( TN or TGN ), also called Fothergill disease, tic douloureux, trifacial neuralgia, or suicide disease, is a long-term pain disorder that affects the trigeminal nerve, [ 7][ 1] the nerve responsible for sensation in the face and motor functions such as biting and chewing. It is a form of neuropathic pain. [ 8]
Neurogenic claudication ( NC ), also known as pseudoclaudication, is the most common symptom of lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS) and describes intermittent leg pain from impingement of the nerves emanating from the spinal cord. [ 1][ 2] Neurogenic means that the problem originates within the nervous system. Claudication, from Latin claudicare 'to ...
Pain management is an aspect of medicine and health care involving relief of pain ( pain relief, analgesia, pain control) in various dimensions, from acute and simple to chronic and challenging. Most physicians and other health professionals provide some pain control in the normal course of their practice, and for the more complex instances of ...
Atypical facial pain ( AFP) is a type of chronic facial pain which does not fulfill any other diagnosis. [ 1] There is no consensus as to a globally accepted definition, and there is even controversy as to whether the term should be continued to be used. Both the International Headache Society (IHS) and the International Association for the ...