1. Algesia is related to pain or sensitivity
Plegia is the suffix for paralysis

2. Cephalalgia-form of headache-pain in the head
Neuralgia-form of nerve pain-pain in the
nerves

4.  Pain anywhere in the head or neck
region
 Brain tissue is not receptive to pain
because it doesn’t have receptors.
 The pain is caused by pain-sensitive
structures around the brain.
 Headaches are difficult to
understand.

6.  This is difficult to diagnose and most treatments
have little or no effectiveness.
 Neuralgia is difficult to treat than other types of
pain because it doesn’t react to pain
medications.
 It has been reported that sleep deprivation and
malnutrition can be secondary consequences of
neuralgic pain.
 The most common test for neuralgia is a nerve
condition study, such as using microneurography
in which the peripheral nerve is stimulated and
recordings are taken from a purely-sensory
portion of the nerve.