Eli5: If pain is mostly constructed in the brain based on what happens to you, are there any medical conditions/accidents that could induce these brain signals to create heavy pain when nothing at all is even happening?

Question

i.e. Is there some medical accident that could make you feel like you got kicked in the balls when you didn’t even get kicked in the balls?

In: Biology

Answer 1

Alloydina is a symptom of mainly nerve related diseases among other things. It basically makes your nerves hypersensitive where a light touch can feel painful, or any kind of stimuli that normally wouldn’t cause pain can feel painful. I experience it from time to time and it’s very annoying.