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Frequency of symptom descriptors.
| Symptom descriptor | Patients, n | Doctors, n |
| Stinging | 22 | 28 |
| Burning | 18 | 16 |
| Pressing | 16 | 15 |
| Tugging | 15 | 11 |
| Radiating | 13 | 6 |
| Dull | 10 | 7 |
| Cramping | 11 | 5 |
| Tingling | 10 | 4 |
| Shooting | 5 | 8 |
| Electric | 4 | 7 |
| Heavy | 7 | 1 |
| Tender | 6 | 2 |
| Throbbing | 7 | 1 |
| Pricking | 4 | 2 |
| Numb | 4 | 1 |
| Hot | 4 | 0 |
| Cold | 1 | 0 |
| Total | 157 | 114 |
