Definition of Neuralgia. Meaning of Neuralgia. Synonyms of Neuralgia

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Definition of Neuralgia

Neuralgia
Neuralgia Neu*ral"gi*a, n. [NL., from gr. ? nerve + ? pain. See nerve.] (Med.) A disease, the chief symptom of which is a very acute pain, exacerbating or intermitting, which follows the course of a nervous branch, extends to its ramifications, and seems therefore to be seated in the nerve. It seems to be independent of any structural lesion. --Dunglison.

Meaning of Neuralgia from wikipedia

- glossopharyngeal neuralgia. Under the general heading of neuralgia are trigeminal neuralgia (TN), atypical trigeminal neuralgia (ATN), occipital neuralgia, glossopharyngeal...
- Trigeminal neuralgia (TN or TGN), also called Fothergill disease, tic douloureux, trifacial neuralgia, or suicide disease, is a long-term pain disorder...
- Occipital neuralgia (ON) is a painful condition affecting the posterior head in the distributions of the greater occipital nerve (GON), lesser occipital...
- Postherpetic neuralgia (PHN) is neuropathic pain that occurs due to damage to a peripheral nerve caused by the reactivation of the varicella zoster virus...
- Atypical trigeminal neuralgia (ATN), or type 2 trigeminal neuralgia, is a form of trigeminal neuralgia, a disorder of the fifth cranial nerve. This form...
- numbness, fecal incontinence and urinary incontinence. The term pudendal neuralgia (PN) is often used interchangeably with "pudendal nerve entrapment". This...
- Preherpetic neuralgia is a form of nerve pain (neuralgia) specifically ****ociated with a Shingles (herpes zoster) viral infection. This nerve pain often...
- ciliary neuralgia, erythromelalgia of the head, Horton's headache, histaminic cephalalgia, petrosal neuralgia, sphenopalatine neuralgia, vidian neuralgia, Sluder's...
- pain which can last for months or years, a condition called postherpetic neuralgia (PHN). In those with poor immune function the rash may occur widely. If...
- Sciatica Other names Sciatic neuritis, sciatic neuralgia, lumbar radiculopathy, radicular leg pain Anterior view showing the sciatic nerve going down...