Neurogenic pain

Neurogenic pain arises from, or is caused by, the nervous system. The term is a catch-all phrase for pain that occurs because of central or peripheral nervous system dysfunction. Types of neurogenic pain may include: neuropathic pain (due to nerve damage or disease), central pain (arising from a lesion in the central nervous system – such as thalamic pain following stroke), or deafferentation pain (stemming from loss or interruption of sensory nerve fiber transmissions).

References:

1. Bowsher D. Neurogenic pain syndromes and their management. Br Med Bull. 1991 Jul;47(3):644-66. Review. PubMed PMID: 1794077.

2. Rokyta R, Fricová J. Neurostimulation Methods in the Treatment of Chronic Pain, Physiol. Res. 61 (Suppl. 2): S23-S31, 2012. Review.

Reviewed June 6, 2014
Simon Thomson, MBBS FRCA FIPP FFPMRCA
President, International Neuromodulation Society, 2009 - 2015
Basildon & Thurrock University Hospital, U.K.

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