Diseases and Conditions
Phantom pain
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Overview
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Diagnosis
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Symptoms
Characteristics of phantom pain include:
- Onset within the first week after amputation, though it can be delayed by months or longer
- Pain that comes and goes or is continuous
- Symptoms affecting the part of the limb farthest from the body, such as the foot of an amputated leg
- Pain that may be described as shooting, stabbing, cramping, pins and needles, crushing, throbbing, or burning