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Phantom limb syndrome challenges everything we think we know about pain. Patients continue to feel sensation—and even agony—in limbs that no longer exist. This video explores the neuroscience behind ...

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Researchers don’t know exactly what causes phantom limb pain. One possible explanation: Nerves in parts of your spinal cord and brain “rewire” when they lose signals from the missing arm or leg.

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Causes Complex regional pain syndrome is a neuropathic pain disorder that arises due to trauma to your nerves or injury to an affected limb. As noted above, types I and II CRPS have different causes.

But almost immediately after he lost it, he felt a severe pain — right there, where his leg used to be. It's what's known as phantom limb pain, or simply phantom pain.