Diseases

Neuralgia

Intense or aching pain that occurs along the course or distribution of a peripheral or cranial nerve.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

Structured Summary

Abstract

Intense or aching pain that occurs along the course or distribution of a peripheral or cranial nerve.

MeSH Record

Classification

Related Concepts

Knowledge Graph

Loading graph…

Drag nodes to rearrange; hover to trace links; click a node to open its page.

MeSH Record

Synonyms

47 entry terms
  • Neurodynia
  • Neuropathic Pain
  • Neuralgias
  • Neurodynias
  • Neuropathic Pains
  • Pain, Neuropathic
  • Pains, Neuropathic
  • Nerve Pain
  • Neuralgia, Atypical
  • Neuralgia, Iliohypogastric Nerve
  • Neuralgia, Ilioinguinal
  • Neuralgia, Perineal
  • Neuralgia, Stump
  • Neuralgia, Supraorbital
  • Neuralgia, Vidian
  • Paroxysmal Nerve Pain
  • Atypical Neuralgia
  • Atypical Neuralgias
  • Iliohypogastric Nerve Neuralgia
  • Iliohypogastric Nerve Neuralgias
  • Ilioinguinal Neuralgia
  • Ilioinguinal Neuralgias
  • Nerve Neuralgia, Iliohypogastric
  • Nerve Neuralgias, Iliohypogastric
  • Nerve Pain, Paroxysmal
  • Nerve Pains
  • Nerve Pains, Paroxysmal
  • Neuralgias, Atypical
  • Neuralgias, Iliohypogastric Nerve
  • Neuralgias, Ilioinguinal
  • Neuralgias, Perineal
  • Neuralgias, Stump
  • Neuralgias, Supraorbital
  • Neuralgias, Vidian
  • Pain, Nerve
  • Pain, Paroxysmal Nerve
  • Pains, Nerve
  • Pains, Paroxysmal Nerve
  • Paroxysmal Nerve Pains
  • Perineal Neuralgia
  • Perineal Neuralgias
  • Stump Neuralgia
  • Stump Neuralgias
  • Supraorbital Neuralgia
  • Supraorbital Neuralgias
  • Vidian Neuralgia
  • Vidian Neuralgias

MeSH Record

Aspects Covered

35 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

MeSH Record

Indexing Annotation

coordinate IM with specific nerve (IM) if pertinent

MeSH Record

History Note

1966

MeSH Hierarchy

Tree Numbers

MeSH Record

NLM Classification

WL 544

AMA Style

References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Neuralgia. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D009437. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D009437
  2. Neuralgia. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neuralgia
  3. Neuralgia. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1136940