Chronic pain syndrome

Atypical chronic pain syndrome is characterized by patients who will present to dermatologists with complaints of burning, pain, or dysesthesias in the skin or mucous membranes for which no identifiable pathology can be found.^[1]^:393

References

^ Freedberg, et al. (2003). Fitzpatrick's Dermatology in General Medicine. (6th ed.). McGraw-Hill. ISBN 0071380760.

Pain and nociception

By region/system

HEENT

Headache · Neck · Odynophagia (swallowing) · Otalgia (ear) · Toothache

Chest pain

Cardiovascular system	Angina pectoris

Respiratory system	Sore throat · Pleurodynia

Breast	Mastodynia (Breast)

Musculoskeletal

Arthralgia (joint) · Bone pain · Myalgia (muscle) · Muscle soreness: Acute / Delayed onset

Neurologic

Congenital insensitivity to pain · HSAN (Type I, II congenital sensory neuropathy, III familial dysautonomia, IV congenital insensitivity to pain with anhidrosis, V congenital insensitivity to pain with partial anhidrosis) · Neuralgia · Pain asymbolia · Pain disorder · Paroxysmal extreme pain disorder · Allodynia · Chronic pain · Hyperalgesia · Hypoalgesia · Hyperpathia · Phantom pain · Referred pain

Abdominal pain

Urogenital	Dysuria · Pelvic pain · Dyspareunia · Testicular pain

Gastrointestinal	Proctalgia

Back

Upper · Lower

Tests

Cold pressor test · Dolorimeter

Related concepts

Anterolateral system · Pain management (Anesthesia, Cordotomy) · Pain scale · Pain threshold · Pain tolerance · Posteromarginal nucleus · Substance P · Suffering · OPQRST · Philosophy of pain · Cancer pain

M: CNS

anat(n/s/m/p/4/e/b/d/c/a/f/l/g)/phys/devp

noco(m/d/e/h/v/s)/cong/tumr, sysi/epon, injr

proc, drug(N1A/2AB/C/3/4/7A/B/C/D)

M: PNS

anat(h/r/t/c/b/l/s/a)/phys(r)/devp/prot/nttr/nttm/ntrp

noco/auto/cong/tumr, sysi/epon, injr

proc, drug(N1B)

Chronic pain syndrome

See also

References