Title: Neuroma: Symptoms, Causes, Diagnosis, and Treatment
Headings: An Overview of Neuroma
An Overview of Neuroma
Abnormal growths that can cause pain
Symptoms
Abnormal Pain Type: Allodynia
Causes
Diagnosis
Treatment
Surgery
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Content: A common type called Morton's neuroma grows between the third and fourth toes. 1 ﻿ Another common site is the back of the hand. However, neuromas can occur anywhere in the body. Caiaimage / Robert Daly / Getty Images
Symptoms
Neuromas involve thickening of the nerve tissues, which often causes severe nerve pain. A neuroma can also change the way your brain interprets touch and lead to abnormal pain types, categorized as dysesthesias. 2 ﻿
Dysesthesia is defined as abnormal sensation. These can be painful or just unpleasant (although that distinction can be hard to make.) Neuromas are associated with two types of dysesthesias that do cause often significant pain. They are: 3 ﻿
Allodynia: