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Symptoms of disease - neuralgic pain

The medical term «neuralgia» (neuralgic pain) formed from the Greek words neuron and algos - «nerve» and «pain». Therefore, neuralgia can be briefly described as a disease, caused by a lesion of the peripheral nerves. It is strong bouts of pain in the course of the damaged nerve. An attack can last from a few seconds to a few minutes, in the latter case, the pain is especially painful. In this case, unfortunately, the usual painkillers practically unable to help.

Which diseases there is neuralgic pain

For neuralgic pain also characterized by masquerade as other diseases that often does not give the ability to quickly put the correct diagnosis.

The nerve endings are located throughout the human body, so neuralgia may appear as a heart attack, and as renal colic, and as osteochondrosis, gastritis and other diseases. So you can imagine how insidious this disease.

Neuralgic pain is severe, sudden, like a shock, lasts for a few seconds and then disappears and reappears after a certain period of time.

Neuralgic pain may occur due to allergic reactions, disorders of the immune system, as a result of hormonal failure. The cause may serve as a chronic disease, and not only of the nervous system, and other organs. But, as a rule, cause neuralgic pain becomes not a factor, and just a few.

Neuralgic pain differs considerably from the so-called physiological. If the second appears, for example, in consequence of any injury and disappears as the injury heals the pain of nervous origin appears regardless of external factors, because of its cause negative changes in the body.

For example, many well-known neuralgia of the trigeminal nerve. This disease is widely spread, suffer from them are often women. Pain can appear in any part of the face - depending on what branch of the nerve is affected. The disease is accompanied by a painful attacks, which are becoming longer and longer. Outwardly, the disease can occur characteristic tick - twitch muscles during the attack. In this case, as already mentioned, the usual anesthetics, analgesics do not help. Treat this disease can only neurologist.

Those who suffer from this disease, forced to live in constant fear in anticipation of new attacks. Certain areas of the face are hypersensitive. Provoke the attack can such simple actions as, for example, washing, brushing teeth, shaving, and even... the reception of food. And to touch an affected by the disease area causes pain increases and increases the duration of the attack.

Other types of neuralgia, who are also often occur, is intercostal neuralgia, neuralgia of the occipital nerve and others.

Treat neuralgia should be integrated, not only medicines, but also to apply physiotherapy, reflex therapy and sometimes, in the most severe cases, even surgical methods. Pain killers if and can help, but only in combination with a particular drug that is prescribed by the doctor-neurologist.

So if you have even the slightest suspicion that the painful attacks can be caused by neuralgia, don't waste time and don't set yourself to new tortures. Can help only a qualified specialist.

Which doctor should I contact if there is a neuralgic pain

• Neurologist

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Do you feel neuralgic hurts? You should be very careful approach to your health in general. People pay not enough attention to the symptoms of the disease and don't realize that these diseases can be critically dangerous. There are many diseases that in the beginning didn't manifest in our body, but in the end it turns out, unfortunately, it have already been treated too late. Every disease has its own specific features typical symptoms - called symptoms of the disease. Definition of symptoms is the first step in the diagnosis of diseases in general. You just need a few times a year to be screened by a doctor, not only to prevent a terrible disease, but also to maintain a healthy spirit in a body and the organism in general.

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