Disease or Syndrome
causalgia Audio
cau·sal·gi·a [ kaw-zal-jee-uh, -juh ]
Subclass of:
Complex Regional Pain Syndromes; Neuralgia
Etymology:
Greek kausis = burning + algos = pain
Hence a burning pain. The word caustic comes from the same root.
Definitions related to causalgia:
  • A complex regional pain syndrome characterized by burning pain and marked sensitivity to touch (HYPERESTHESIA) in the distribution of an injured peripheral nerve. Autonomic dysfunction in the form of sudomotor (i.e., sympathetic innervation to sweat glands), vasomotor, and trophic skin changes may also occur. (Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, p1359)
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
  • Burning pain that may be organic or psychic in origin.
    Sadock's Comprehensive Glossary of Psychiatry and Psychology
    BJ Sadock Titles Press, 2012
  • Intense, long-lasting burning pain usually caused by damage to a peripheral nerve.
    Harvard Dictionary of Health Terms
    Harvard Medical Publishing, 2011
  • (complex regional pain syndrome ii) A neurologic condition characterized by burning pain, tenderness, swelling, and changes in the skin color and temperature of a body part or extremity associated with demonstrable nerve injury. This form is less frequent in pediatric patients.
    NCI Thesaurus
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • (complex regional pain syndrome type 2) Complex regional pain syndrome type 2 (CRPS2), or causalgia is a form of complex regional pain syndrome that develops after damage to a peripheral nerve and is characterized by spontaneous pain, allodynia and hyperalgesia , not necessarily limited to the territory of the injured nerve, as well as at some point, edema, changes in skin blood flow or sudomotor dysfunction in the pain area.
    OrphaNet
    INSERM, 2021
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