New hope for neuropathic pain sufferers - UVa scientists discover new type of nerve cell

... We all know that if you put your hand over an open flame it''s very painful. What you may not know is that, for some people, just lying under a blanket is painful as well. They have neuropathic pain--annoying, chronic pain that comes from a diseased nerve cell rather than a specific stimulus. Feeling phantom pain in a missing limb is another, more famous, example... click link for more info. ...