Referred pain is when the pain you feel in one part of your body is actually caused by pain or injury in another part of your body. For example, an injured pancreas could be causing pain in your back, ...

My father and father-in-law each had a leg amputated when they were in their eighties, both as a result of diabetes. Months after the amputations healed, both complained of severe pain in their foot.

Phantom pain is when you feel pain in a body part that you no longer have. Most commonly, it involves limbs that are no longer there. This is specifically known as phantom limb pain. However, phantom ...