shooting pain
Sharp traveling discomfort
A shooting pain is a sudden, sharp sensation that travels rapidly along a path through the body, often following a nerve.
The modifier distinguishes it from dull, throbbing, or constant pain: A shooting pain ran down my leg.
Doctors often ask whether pain is shooting, stabbing, or aching to help diagnose its cause.
- stabbingWounding with a blade
- sharpFine-edged, or astute
- joltAbrupt forceful shake
- nerveSignal-carrying body fiber
- sciaticaLumbar nerve inflammation
twinge · electric · electric shock · radiating · piercing · throbbing · cramp · spasm · burning · tingling · pins and needles · lightning · sudden · intense · flare · needle · prickling · ache
- painache, agony, hurt, hurting, suffering
- sensationstaste, touch, smell, sound, sight
- sharp painsstab, stabbing, jab, prick, pricking
- neurological symptomsnumbness, tremor, paralysis, aphasia, ataxia
- arthritis symptomsjoint stiffness, joint swelling, morning stiffness, stiffness, swelling
- podiatryfoot doctor, chiropodist, plantar fasciitis, bunions, ingrown toenail
pain quality/character
shooting paindull ache
Mild persistent soreness
dull pain · throbbing pain · gnawing pain · persistent ache · chronic ache
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