radiating pain
Pain traveling outward
Radiating pain is pain that spreads outward from its point of origin, traveling along nerve pathways to other parts of the body.
A heart attack may cause pain radiating down the left arm.
Sciatica sends radiating pain from the lower back down through the leg.
The phrase distinguishes this traveling sensation from localized pain that stays in one place.
- shootingDischarging a weapon
- throbbingRhythmic painful pulsing
- spreadingExtending over space
- sharpFine-edged, or astute
- burningCombustion in progress
nerve · nerve damage · sciatica · lower back · slipped disc · referred · tingling · pins and needles · ache · dull ache · stabbing · pulsing · spinal · electric · searing · pinched · traveling · inflammation
- painache, agony, hurt, hurting, suffering
- sensationstaste, touch, smell, sound, sight
- back problemsback injury, lumbago, sciatica, herniation, disc herniation
- chest painheart attack, angina, heartburn, myocardial infarction, pericarditis
- phantom sensationsphantom limb, phantom sensation, phantom touch, phantom vibration, phantom smell
- cardiac symptomschest tightness, chest pressure, palpitations, heart palpitations, irregular heartbeat