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Neuralgias : Causes

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Causes could include:
  • No known cause

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Neuralgia
Certain drugs Chemical irritation Chronic renal insufficiency Diabetes Infections, such as shingles, syphilis, and Lyme disease Porphyria Pressure on nerves by nearby structures(for instance, tumors) Swelling and irritation(inflammation) Trauma(in...
Source:ADAM
Date:September 22, 2008
Neuralgia
Neuralgia is caused by irritation or nerve damage from systemic disease, inflammation, infection, and compression or physical irritation of a nerve. The location of the pain depends on the underlying condition that is irritating the nerve or the l...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
Neuralgia
In addition, trigeminal neuralgia can be identified by several distinctive traits, many of which apply to other neuralgias as well:.The patient has attacks of pain in the face that last less than two minutes.The pain follows the path of the trigem...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine
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