What is Paresthesia?
What is Paresthesia?
- Paresthesia: Pins-and-needles or burning-like sensations.
- Paresthesia: Subjective cutaneous sensations (e.g., cold, warmth, tingling, pressure, etc.) that are experienced spontaneously in the absence of stimulation.
Source - Diseases Database
- Paresthesia: abnormal skin sensations (as tingling or tickling or itching or burning) usually associated with peripheral nerve damage.
Source - WordNet 2.1
Paresthesia: Introduction
How serious is Paresthesia?
Prognosis of Paresthesia:
The
prognosis for those with paresthesia depends on the severity of the
sensations and the associated disorder(s).
(Source: excerpt from NINDS Paresthesia Information Page: NINDS)
What causes Paresthesia?
Causes of Paresthesia: see causes of Paresthesia
Cause of Paresthesia: Nerve damage, nerve entrapment, nerve compression, or damage to blood supply for a nerve.
What are the symptoms of Paresthesia?
Symptoms of Paresthesia:
see symptoms of Paresthesia
Paresthesia: Testing
Diagnostic testing: see tests for Paresthesia.
Misdiagnosis: see misdiagnosis and Paresthesia.
How is it treated?
Treatments for Paresthesia:
see treatments for Paresthesia
Research for Paresthesia:
see research for Paresthesia
Society issues for Paresthesia
Hospitalization statistics for Paresthesia:
The following are statistics from various sources about hospitalizations and Paresthesia:
- 0.037% (4,747) of hospital consultant episodes were for disturbances of skin sensation in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 89% of hospital consultant episodes for disturbances of skin sensation required hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 40% of hospital consultant episodes for disturbances of skin sensation were for men in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 60% of hospital consultant episodes for disturbances of skin sensation were for women in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 61% of hospital consultant episodes for disturbances of skin sensation required emergency hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 2.9 days was the mean length of stay in hospitals for disturbances of skin sensation in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 1 days was the median length of stay in hospitals for disturbances of skin sensation in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
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Organs Affected by Paresthesia:
Organs and body systems related to Paresthesia include:
Name and Aliases of Paresthesia
Main name of condition: Paresthesia
Other names or spellings for Paresthesia:
Pins and needles
Pins and needles, Tingling skin, Paresthesiae, Altered sensation of skin, Disturbed sensation, Formication, Hypoaesthesia of skin, Numbness
Source - Diseases Database
Paraesthesia
Source - WordNet 2.1
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