paresthesia
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Paresthesia is a sensation of the skin that may feel like numbness (hypoesthesia), tingling, pricking, chilling, or burning. It can be temporary or chronic and has many possible underlying causes. Paresthesia is usually painless and can occur anywhere on the body, but does most commonly in the arms and legs.
Key facts
- Medical condition (new).name
- Paresthesia
- Medical condition (new).synonyms
- Paraesthesia, pins and needles
- Medical condition (new).field
- Neurology
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Research
17,914 papers- [Paresthesia].Schweizerische Monatsschrift fur Zahnheilkunde = Revue mensuelle suisse d'odonto-stomatologie · 1979
- Paresthesia-Free Spinal Nerve Root Stimulation for the Treatment of Chronic Neuropathic Pain.Neuromodulation : journal of the International Neuromodulation Society · 2020
- Case-Control Study of Paresthesia Among World Trade Center-Exposed Community Members.Journal of occupational and environmental medicine · 2020
- Residual Paresthesia After Surgery for Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy: Incidence and Impact on Clinical Outcomes and Satisfaction.Spine · 2024
- Dorsal Root Ganglion Stimulation Is Paresthesia-Independent: A Retrospective Study.Neuromodulation : journal of the International Neuromodulation Society · 2019
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- N05
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Article
13 sectionsContents
- Causes
- Transient
- Chronic
- Acroparesthesia
- Dentistry
- Drugs
- Other
- Diagnostics
- Treatment
- Etymology
- References
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Paresthesia is a sensation of the skin that may feel like numbness (hypoesthesia), tingling, pricking, chilling, or burning. It can be temporary or chronic and has many possible underlying causes. Paresthesia is usually painless and can occur anywhere on the body, but does most commonly in the arms and legs.
The most familiar kind of paresthesia is the sensation known as pins and needles after having a limb "fall asleep" (obdormition). This is typically achieved by not moving the limb for a long period of time. Hitting the ulnar nerve (the "funny bone", actually a nerve) also induces paresthesias. A less common kind is formication, the sensation of insects crawling on or under the skin.