Pain Questions
With respect to the area of pain that bothers you the most over the past week, please answer the following questions. Please select the descriptions that best match your pain. These descriptions may, or may not, match your pain no matter how severe it feels
YES-I get these sensations often
YES – I have noticed that the pain does make my skin look different from normal-
Does your pain make the affected skin abnormally sensitive to touch? Getting unpleasant sensations or pain when lightly stroking the skin might describe this.
YES – My skin in that area is particularly sensitive to touch -
Does your pain come on suddenly and in bursts for no apparent reason when you are completely still? Words like electric shocks, jumping and bursting might describe this.
YES– I get these sensations often -
In the area where you have pain, does your skin feel unusually hot like a burning pain?
YES– I get burning pain a lot -
Gently rub the painful area with your index finger and then rub a non-painful area (for example, an area of skin further away or on the opposite side from the painful area). How does this rubbing feel in the painful area?
– I feel discomfort, like pins and needles, tingling or burning in the painful area that is different from the non-painful area -
Gently press on the painful area with your finger tip then gently press in the same way onto a non-painful area (the same non-painful area that you chose in the last question). How does this feel in the painful area?
– The painful area does not feel different from the non-painful area
– I feel numbness or tenderness in the painful area that is different from the non-painful area
