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Somatic Referred Pain
If a nerve is inflamed, then the nerve in a worm would become sensitized and could be a source of somatic pain. So you kind of have a somatic pain disorder of the peripheral nerve or nerve root. It's not truly a neuropathic disorder, but it is affecting the nerve itself. Some people include that within peripheral neuropathic pain, but I think it's probably important to differentiate that from a truly neuropathic disorder.