Caused by damage or disease that affects the somatosensory system.
Damage or entrapment of peripheral nerves.
May be associated with abnormal sensations called dysesthesia, and pain produced by normally non-painful stimuli (allodynia).
May have continuous and/or episodic (paroxysmal) components. The latter are likened to an electric shock.
Common qualities include burning or coldness, "pins and needles" sensations, numbness and itching. Nociceptive pain, by contrast, is more commonly described as aching
Responds to both peripheral and centrally acting pain therapies.
