Neuropathic pain has no immediate cause – research on a brain receptor may help stop this hard-to-treat condition
- Written by Pooja Shree Chettiar, Ph.D. Candidate in Medical Sciences, Texas A&M University
Neuropathic pain is experienced both physically and emotionally.Salim Hanzaz/iStock via Getty ImagesPain is easy to understand until it isn’t. A stubbed toe or sprained ankle hurts, but it makes sense because the cause is clear and the pain fades as you heal.
But what if the pain didn’t go away? What if even a breeze felt like fire, or...