# What are the random pains we feel temporarily in random parts of the body?

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**Created:** [August 18, 2005, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-random-pains-we-feel-temporarily-in-random-parts-of-the-body/317611 "2005-08-18T17:35:35Z")\
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Occasionally, I feel a pain, sometimes sharp, other times dull, in some random part of the body, usually the head. Maybe an earlobe. Or the temple. It may throb for a few minutes. Then, it disappears. Forever. I assume just about everyone has that experience. (Jeez, I hope so.) Do we have a name for such a phenomenon, and, more important, is there an explanation of sorts? I gotta figure it’s some sort of minor neurological spasm someplace along the pathway, or even in the brain. Any help, dopers?