--that if this symptomology occurred after a stroke, a diagnosis of Central Pain Syndrome or spinothalamaic pain syndrome needs to be considered; there are a lot of physicians who are not familiar with it, but it involves damage to the central system relay neurons in the spinothalamic tracts of the lower brain and spinal cord.

Take a look at:

www.centralpain.com

http://www.webmd.com/pain-management...-pain-syndrome

http://centralpainsyndromefoundation.com/