What is allodynia?

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What is allodynia?

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Allodynia is pain arising from a stimulus that would not normally provoke pain. This happens when the nervous system becomes sensitized and processes otherwise non-painful inputs—such as light touch, a breeze, or clothing on the skin—as painful, often after nerve injury or in chronic pain states. It’s different from hyperalgesia, where a normally painful stimulus is felt more intensely than usual.

Allodynia is pain arising from a stimulus that would not normally provoke pain. This happens when the nervous system becomes sensitized and processes otherwise non-painful inputs—such as light touch, a breeze, or clothing on the skin—as painful, often after nerve injury or in chronic pain states. It’s different from hyperalgesia, where a normally painful stimulus is felt more intensely than usual.

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