Allodynia is when normally harmless sensations are interpreted as pain. It is the second phase of the wind-up phenomenon, wherein nerves that ordinarily transmit pleasurable or neutral signals become transmitters of pain signals. Patients suffering from the wind-up phenomenon often will cry out in pain at the slightest touch.

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What Is Allodynia

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What is allodynia?

A) Phase one of the wind-up phenomenon
B) When normally harmless sensations are interpreted as pain
C) When progressively less stimulus is required to initiate the pain response
D) Inhibition of peripheral nociceptors

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