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How can Neuropathy (Nerve Damage) cause Numbness is Some but Pain in Others?

I was curious how neuropathy of a sensory nerve can result in both numbness and/or pain the area they effect. How can it cause both of these symptoms? Is this due to anatomical variations between people, differences in how the nerve damage occurs, similarities in how these two sensations are transmitted, or some other factor?

I am not a medical student, however I am a masters student so I do have some background knowledge of anatomy/physiology (though my neurology knowledge is a bit poor) so I can understand general terminology. I’d appreciate if anyone could explain this!


Edit: Thank you everyone for the responses! I wanted to elaborate what i meant a little further. 

I am primarily referring to reversible nerve damage more so than irreversible. “Neuropathy” may have been the wrong term.

Also, I know that nerves differentiate based on sensory/motor function. What I was curious about is why does damage to sensory nerves result sometimes in pain but other times numbness.
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A nerve is a bundle of axons. Each axon is associated with a specific neuron. Could be motor neurons or any of the various types of sensory neurons (touch, pressure, pain, temperature, etc).If you damage a nerve, you might not damage all the axons in the nerve. If the axons that were damaged were primarily from pain neurons, you might feel more (or less) pain. If the damaged axons were motor, you might not have any sensory issues, but just have trouble contracting muscles. It’s really all about where the damage has occurred that determines what the symptoms are.