Types of pain
Mostly we do not consider the type of pain we are having. Infect pain is of different types, by identifying the type of pain we can more efficiently treat it, moreover it can give a clue of cause more precisely.
Pain can be classified into following major types:
- Nociceptive pain: Nociceptive pain is caused by injury in skin, muscle, bones, and joints
- Neuropathic pain: It is caused by nerve damage, mostly felt as electric shoke
- Nociplastic pain: It is caused by altered nervous system function, without clear evidence of tissue damage
- Mixed pain: It involves both neuropathic and nociceptive pain
- Psychogenic pain: It is influenced by psychological factors without any clear physical cause
It is very important to identify the type of pain to find proper root cause of pain in order to treat it permanently.
Moreover, way of treating different pains is different and one type of therapy may not be useful for all types of pains even remedy of one type of pain may be harmful for other.
