hyperalgesia


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hyperalgesia

(ˌhaɪpərælˈdʒiːzɪə)
n
(Medicine) med an extreme sensitivity to pain
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hyperalgesia

an unusually high sensitivity to pain. — hyperalgesic, adj.
See also: Pain
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Its symptoms include severe pain, hyperalgesia, numbness, impairment of equilibrium and muscle movements, burning pain and pricking pain.
The groups treated with US (9.9 [+ or -] 0.6), US + DCF (11.2 [+ or -] 1.2), or DCF (12.3 [+ or -] 1.2) significantly increased (P < 0.05, 0.01, and 0.001, respectively) the latency time to the heat stimulus compared to the control group (6.5 [+ or -] 0.3) in the Hargreaves test, indicating that these treatments have comparable antinociceptive effects on cutaneous hyperalgesia. Indomethacin (19.5 [+ or -]0.9), which was used as a standard control drug, increased the latency time to thermal stimulation by 3-fold (Figure 3).
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and Europe discuss the relevant pathophysiologic concepts of genetics, hormones, infections, muscle studies, autoimmunity, small nerve fibers, stress-induced hyperalgesia, and endogenous pain modulation.
Chronic oral gabapentin reduces elements of central sensitization in human experimental hyperalgesia. Anesthesiology 2004; 101(6): 1400-8.
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There's also a phenomenon called hyperalgesia, in which the body of someone who gets used to taking pain medication actually creates a new, stronger pain -- which further fuels the addictive cycle.