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Occipital neuralgia
Occipital neuralgia is a general term for pain in the distribution area of the greater occipital, lesser occipital, and great auricular nerves. Occipital neuralgia can cause severe pain, presenting as sharp, stabbing, and electric shock-like pain in the head and back of the neck. Its causes include pressure, irritation, trauma, muscle tension compressing nerves, and inflammation.
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Neuralgia is one of the common symptoms in neurology, referring to pain experienced without external stimulation. It is pain directly caused by lesions or diseases of the somatosensory system and can be classified into peripheral neuralgia and central neuralgia. There are many causes of neuralgia, including inflammation, trauma, tumors, and vascular diseases. Neuralgia is often described by patients as burning pain, stabbing pain, tearing pain, lightning-like pain, or electric shock-like pain. It can also manifest as hyperalgesia, where a minor stimulus can cause severe pain, or a previously non-painful stimulus can induce pain.
View detailsLow back pain
Low back pain refers to pain occurring in the lower back, lumbosacral, or sacroiliac regions, primarily on one or both sides of the waist, which may radiate to the legs. The most common cause of low back pain is mechanical injury due to various factors, such as lumbar sprains. In addition, localized lumbar spine lesions caused by chronic strain are also common among clinical patients. Some patients may also experience low back pain due to other systemic diseases affecting the lumbar region.
Sciatica
Sciatica is not a specific disease but a symptom, referring to a pain syndrome that occurs along the course of the sciatic nerve due to various causes, specifically pain in the lower back, buttocks, posterior thigh, posterolateral calf, and lateral foot.
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