Editing Pain (section)

=== Neuropathic ===
{{Main|Neuropathic pain}}

Neuropathic pain is caused by damage or disease affecting any part of the [[nervous system]] involved in bodily feelings (the [[somatosensory system]]).<ref name="Treede">{{cite journal | vauthors = Treede RD, Jensen TS, Campbell JN, Cruccu G, Dostrovsky JO, Griffin JW, Hansson P, Hughes R, Nurmikko T, Serra J | title = Neuropathic pain: redefinition and a grading system for clinical and research purposes | journal = Neurology | volume = 70 | issue = 18 | pages = 1630–1635 | date = April 2008 | pmid = 18003941 | doi = 10.1212/01.wnl.0000282763.29778.59 | hdl = 11573/97043 | s2cid = 30172528 }}</ref> Neuropathic pain may be divided into peripheral, [[central pain syndrome|central]], or mixed (peripheral and central) neuropathic pain. [[Peripheral nervous system|Peripheral]] neuropathic pain is often described as "burning", "tingling", "electrical", "stabbing", or "pins and needles".<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Paice JA | title = Mechanisms and management of neuropathic pain in cancer | journal = The Journal of Supportive Oncology | volume = 1 | issue = 2 | pages = 107–120 | year = 2003 | pmid = 15352654 | url = https://www.supportiveoncology.net/journal/articles/0102107.pdf | df = dmy-all | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100107161021/https://www.supportiveoncology.net/journal/articles/0102107.pdf | archive-date = 7 January 2010 | access-date = 8 January 2010 }}</ref> Bumping the "[[funny bone]]" elicits acute peripheral neuropathic pain.

Some manifestations of neuropathic pain include: traumatic neuropathy, [[tic douloureux]], painful [[diabetic neuropathy]], and [[postherpetic neuralgia]].<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Campbell JN, Meyer RA | title = Mechanisms of neuropathic pain | journal = Neuron | volume = 52 | issue = 1 | pages = 77–92 | date = October 2006 | pmid = 17015228 | pmc = 1810425 | doi = 10.1016/j.neuron.2006.09.021 }}</ref>