Table 1 Major forms of clinical neuropathic pain
From: Translational investigation and treatment of neuropathic pain
Classification | Example |
|---|---|
Peripheral NP | Postoperative neuralgia |
| Â | Post-traumatic neuralgia |
| Â | Incarcerated neuropathy (carpal tunnel syndrome) |
| Â | Phantom limb pain |
| Â | Painful polyneuropathy |
| Â | Trigeminal neuralgia |
| Â | Painful diabetic neuropathy |
| Â | Nutritional deficiency-related neuropathy |
| Â | Chemotherapy-induced neuropathy |
| Â | Radicular neuropathy (cervical, thoracic or lumbar |
| Â | vertebrae) |
| Â | Postherpetic neuralgia |
| Â | HIV neuropathy |
| Â | Pain associated with Guillain-Barre' syndrome |
| Â | Idiopathic sensory neuropathy |
| Â | Complex regional pain syndrome |
| Â | Tumors caused by nerve compression and leakage |
Central NP | Post-stroke pain |
| Â | Spinal cord injury pain |
| Â | Spinal ischemia pain |
| Â | Syringomyelia |
| Â | Pain associated with multiple sclerosis |
| Â | Parkinson's disease-related pain |