Nerve Pain vs Muscle Pain
The nerve pain that occurs with Pain after Shingles is different from other types of pain that you may feel. For example, it is different from the pain you get from a sprained ankle or muscle ache.
There are lots of medicines available for pain, but many products that you are used to taking for headaches, muscle aches, or joint pain do not work to calm the burning, shooting, stabbing pain that may be associated with nerve damage.
Here are some ways to tell the difference between nerve pain and muscle pain:
The image below shows the difference between how nerve and muscle pain feel. Although they are different types of pain, some people experience both. This is called “mixed pain.”
