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Sensitization
Changes in the PNS or CNS (adaptive or pathologic) that lead to heightened
nociceptive responses and/or lower thresholds; i.e. a lower intensity stimuli
results in increased responsiveness. Clinically, sensitization may only be inferred
indirectly from presenting phenomena such as hyperalgesia or allodynia, and
may include dysfunction of endogenous pain control systems. The process of
sensitization involves noxious stimuli that results in prolonged pain or
misinterpretation of non-noxious stimuli and explains how pain can exist in the
absence of acute trauma or observable irritation of neuronal structures as is seen
with some presentations of chronic pain.
Sensory/afferent nerve fibers
Conduct sensory information impulses from the periphery to the CNS.