Causes of your pain
Everyone experiences pain differently. But one thing is almost certain. When you are in pain, something may be wrong. There are 3 types of pain:
Acute pain
Chronic pain
Nerve renew (also called neuropathic pain)
Acute pain
Acute pain is short-term pain and warns of an illness or a threat to the body. For example, pain with wounds, infections, burns or other injuries. Acute pain helps you protect your body. After all, if you have acute pain then you take action and have your wound treated.
Acute pain is temporary. Acute pain can last up to 12 weeks, depending on the cause. The pain disappears when the cause has been corrected or your wounds have been treated correctly.
Chronic pain
Pain that persists after the wound has been successfully treated or has already healed is called chronic pain. This persistent, long-term pain can have major physical and emotional consequences that make daily life uncomfortable and difficult.
Chronic pain can occur with cancer, arthritis or back problems.
Nerve pain
Nerve pain is also persistent pain. This pain results from nerve damage, which causes your body to send wrong pain stimuli to the brain. Nerve pain is also called neuropathic pain. Nerve pain focuses on larger parts of the body, but can also occur in a specific place. We then speak of local neuropathic pain.
Local neuropathic pain (LNP)
Nerve pain is local in about 60% of cases ** Especially people with chronic pain after a shingles infection after surgery or diabetic polyneuropathy experience this pain. ** They often describe this local neuropathic pain (LNP) as shooting, burning, stabbing or as an electric shock. Local neuropathic pain can also manifest itself in symptoms of allodynia and hyperalgesia. +
Allodynia occurs when a normal non-painful stimulus - for example, a light touch or clothing that rubs over the skin - becomes painful. When a mild / mild pain stimulus causes severe pain, there is hyperalgesia.
A correct and early diagnosis is crucial to find the right treatment and to alleviate the symptoms of LNP.
Acute pain
Chronic pain
Nerve renew (also called neuropathic pain)
Acute pain
Acute pain is short-term pain and warns of an illness or a threat to the body. For example, pain with wounds, infections, burns or other injuries. Acute pain helps you protect your body. After all, if you have acute pain then you take action and have your wound treated.
Acute pain is temporary. Acute pain can last up to 12 weeks, depending on the cause. The pain disappears when the cause has been corrected or your wounds have been treated correctly.
Chronic pain
Pain that persists after the wound has been successfully treated or has already healed is called chronic pain. This persistent, long-term pain can have major physical and emotional consequences that make daily life uncomfortable and difficult.
Chronic pain can occur with cancer, arthritis or back problems.
Nerve pain
Nerve pain is also persistent pain. This pain results from nerve damage, which causes your body to send wrong pain stimuli to the brain. Nerve pain is also called neuropathic pain. Nerve pain focuses on larger parts of the body, but can also occur in a specific place. We then speak of local neuropathic pain.
Local neuropathic pain (LNP)
Nerve pain is local in about 60% of cases ** Especially people with chronic pain after a shingles infection after surgery or diabetic polyneuropathy experience this pain. ** They often describe this local neuropathic pain (LNP) as shooting, burning, stabbing or as an electric shock. Local neuropathic pain can also manifest itself in symptoms of allodynia and hyperalgesia. +
Allodynia occurs when a normal non-painful stimulus - for example, a light touch or clothing that rubs over the skin - becomes painful. When a mild / mild pain stimulus causes severe pain, there is hyperalgesia.
A correct and early diagnosis is crucial to find the right treatment and to alleviate the symptoms of LNP.