Symptoms
There is often severe, unremitting nausea causing constant vomiting .The pain can bring on hyperventilation. Blood pressure can rise due to the pain.Some people prefer body length heating pads which sometimes helps a little. Pain is typically constant, may be moderate to severe in intensity, and is often made worse by touch, movement, emotions, and temperature changes, usually cold temperatures. Burning pain is the most common sensation, but patients also report pins and needles, pressing, lacerating, aching, and extreme bursts or constant sharp or unremitting excruciating pain. Individuals may have reduced sensitivity to touch in the areas affected by the pain. The burning and loss of touch are usually, but not always, most severe on the distant parts of the body, such as the feet or hands.
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