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. 2005 Oct;2(4):650–661. doi: 10.1602/neurorx.2.4.650

TABLE 1.

Symptom of Neuropathy

Various Symptoms of Neuropathic Pain
Spontaneous Symptoms Spontaneous burning sensation Evoked Symptoms Allodynia to touch
Deep ache in limbs Allodynia to cold
Stinging or prickly sensations Hyperalgesia
Shock-like lancinating Paroxysmal shooting electrical pain Hyperpathia (evoked pain is maintained after the stimulus is terminated)
Nonpainful Symptoms of Neuropathy
Hyperesthesia Increased sensitivity to sensory stimuli. Includes nonpainful stimuli, but can include allodynia and hyperalgesia
Paresthesia Not unpleasant abnormal sensation
Dysesthesia Unpleasant, but not painful, abnormal sensation
Hpoesthesia/hypoalgesia Increased threshold and/or decreased sensitivity to sensory stimuli

Descriptions are based on IASP nomenclature1 and recent reviews.7,16,22,34