Glossary for Hand paresthesia

Medical terms related to Hand paresthesia or mentioned in this section include:

• Acroparesthesia syndrome: A condition involving episodes of paresthesia (tingling, numbness and stiffness) mainly in the lower arms and hands. It most often occurs in middle-aged women.
• Arm paresthesia: Arm tingling, prickling, numbness or burning sensations
• Arm symptoms: Symptoms affecting the arm
• Artery symptoms: Symptoms affecting the arteries (large blood vessels)
• Basilar artery migraine: Basilar migraine (BM), also known as Bickerstaff syndrome, consists of headache accompanied by dizziness, ataxia, tinnitus, decreased hearing, nausea and vomiting, dysarthria, diplopia, loss of balance, bilateral paresthesias or paresis, altered consciousness, syncope, and sometimes loss of consciousness.
• Broken finger: Fracture of a finger bone
• Broken hand: Fracture of one or more bones in the hand
• Carpal Tunnel Syndrome: Hand or wrist problems; often from repetitive motion.
• Chronic Myeloproliferative Disorders: A group of blood cancers where excessive numbers of blood cells are made by overactive or cancerous bone marrow. The number of excess blood cells tends to grow slowly. Examples of such disorders includes chronic myelogenous leukemia, polycythemia vera and essential thrombocythemia. The symptoms are determined by which particular blood cancer is involved.
• Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy: A rare disorder involving swelling of nerve roots and destruction of the protective layer around nerves. Severe symptoms can take up to a year or more to develop.
• Chronic necrotizing vasculitis: Inflammation and destruction of blood vessel walls which leads to death of associated tissue. Symptoms are determined by the extent and location of the blood vessel inflammation. The inflammation possibly has autoimmune origins. It can occur in condition such as rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus erythematosus and scleroderma.
• Classic migraine: Migraine is a neurological disorder that generally involves repeated headaches. Some people also have nausea, vomiting, and other symptoms. Most people with migraines do not have any warning before it occurs. However, some people have a visual disturbance called an aura before the headache starts.
• Common symptoms: The most common symptoms
• Dana syndrome: A rare inherited disorder characterized by the gradual degeneration of the white matter of the spinal cord and pernicious anemia. Various neurological symptoms can result.
• Diabetes-like symptoms: Symptoms similar to those of diabetes
• Diabetic neuropathy: nerve damage which maybe motor, sensory and autonomic
• Emery-Nelson syndrome: A rare condition characterized by a flat face and hand and foot abnormalities.
• Erythromelalgia: A rare disorder characterized by periods of burning pain, redness and warmth in the feet and hands.
• Finger paresthesia: Finger tingling, prickling, numbness or burning sensations
• Guillain-Barre Syndrome: An acute condition which is characterized by polyradiculoneuropathy that affects the peripheral nervous system
• Guillain-Barre syndrome: An acute condition which is characterized by polyradiculoneuropathy that affects the peripheral nervous system
• Halm-Munk syndrome: A rare inherited disorder involving red, thickened patches of skin on the palms and soles, skin infections and nail and teeth abnormalities.
• Hand pain: Pain affecting one or both hands
• Hand rash: An eruption on the skin of the hand.
• Hand symptoms: Symptoms affecting the hand
• Hand weakness: Weakness of one or both hands
• Hereditary neuropathy with liability to pressure palsies: A rare disorder where the peripheral nerves are more sensitive to pressure than normal which results in recurring periods of numbness, tingling and sometimes loss of muscle function. The condition can affect one or more nerves such as the carpal tunnel nerve. Permanent damage to peripheral nerves can result from recurring episodes. The severity of symptoms are greatly variable from virtually asymptomatic to disability.
• Hyperventilation: Abnormally fast and deep breathing.
• Hypocalcemia: Low blood calcium levels
• Hypocalcemia, autosomal dominant: A dominantly inherited disorder of phosphate and calcium metabolism which results in low blood calcium levels. The severity of the condition is highly variable with some patients being asymptomatic.
• Hypoparathyroidism: causesd by lack of PTH
• Hypoparathyroidism familial isolated: A rare familial condition involving low levels of parathyroid hormone which upsets the body's ability to regulate calcium and phosphate. The severity of symptoms is determined by the how low the parathyroid hormone level is.
• Hypothyroidism: The decreased activity of the thyroid gland
• Keratosis palmoplantaris - periodontopathia - onychogryposis: A rare syndrome characterized by gum disease, nail and skin problems and various other anomalies.
• Limb symptoms: Symptoms affecting the limbs
• Migraine: Severe complex headaches that occur periodically
• Multiple Sclerosis: Autoimmune attack on spinal nerves causing diverse and varying neural problems.
• Neck pain: Pain affecting the neck
• Nerve compression: Compression of a nerve that becomes trapped in a confined space due to any cause e.g. trauma, inflammation or a disease process. This usually occurs near joints. The resulting pressure on the nerve can be very painful and if left untreated can result in damage to the nerve and eventually muscle weakness and wasting. Conditions such as bone spurs, joint swelling due to injury, cysts and trauma can result in nerve entrapment. The exact symptoms will depend on which nerve is trapped and the duration and severity of the entrapment.
• Nerve entrapment: Compression of a nerve that becomes trapped in a confined space due to any cause e.g. trauma, inflammation or a disease process. This usually occurs near joints. The resulting pressure on the nerve can be very painful and if left untreated can result in damage to the nerve and eventually muscle weakness and wasting. Conditions such as bone spurs, joint swelling due to injury, cysts and trauma can result in nerve entrapment. The exact symptoms will depend on which nerve is trapped and the duration and severity of the entrapment.
• Nerve symptoms: Symptoms affecting the nerves
• Olivopontocerebellar Atrophy: A group of diseases progressive degeneration occurs in a particular area of the brain (olivopontocerebellar area) which results in various neurological symptoms.
• POEMS syndrome: A very rare disorder that has widespread effects on the body: P - polyneuropathy, O - organopathy, E - endocrinopathy, M - monoclonal gammopathy, S - skin changes.
• Pain: Any type of pain sensation symptoms.
• Palm paresthesia/ tingling: A loss of sensation located at or around the palm of the hand
• Paresthesia: Tingling, prickling, or pins-and-needles sensations
• Paresthesias: Tingling, prickling, numbness or burning sensations
• Peripheral neuropathy: Any loss in the function of the peripheral nervous system
• Pernicious anemia: A megaloblastic anaemia due to malabsorption of the vitamin B12
• Polyarteritis nodosa: A serious blood vessel disease where small and medium-sized arteries become swollen and damaged and are unable to adequately supply oxygenated blood to various tissues in the body. The disease can occur in a mild form or a serious, rapidly fatal form.
• Polyneuritis: Widespared inflammation of nerves
• Pyridoxine deficiency: Deficiency of vitamin B6 which has many uses in the body.
• Radiation-Induced Brachial Plexopathy: A nerve injury that occurs as a complication of radiation treatment to the upper chest area.
• Raynaud's phenomenon: A condition where the body extremities sweat and turn blue and cold. Exposure to cold, emotional stress and smoking may trigger the condition. Also known as acrocyanosis.
• Sensations: Changes to sensations or the senses
• Sjogren's Syndrome: Autoimmune disease damaging the eye tear ducts and other glands.
• Stroke symptoms: Brain-related symptoms of bleeding or blockage.
• Tetany: Involuntary cramps of the muscles caused by low blood calcium levels.
• Thoracic outlet syndrome: Pinched shoulder/arm nerve.
• Thumb paresthesia/ tingling: A loss of sensation located at or around the thumb
• Tingling: Tingling, prickling, or pins-and-needles sensations
• Tingling fingers: Finger tingling, prickling or pins-and-needles sensations
• Tingling hands: The occurrence of the sensation of tingling which occurs in the hands
• Tingling in both hands: Abnormal sensation of tingling ("pins and needles") occurring in both hands
• Tingling in one hand: Abnormal sensation of tingling ("pins and needles") occurring in one hand
• Ulnar nerve injury: Damage to the ulnar nerve in the elbow and arm.
• Vitamin B12 Deficiency: A deficiency of Vitamin B12 primarily causes anemias the body is unable to make sufficient quantities of normal red blood cells. Severe cases can lead to permanent nervous system problems. The vitamin B12 deficiency can result from absorption problems, insufficient dietary intake, certain medications (e.g. metformin), inherited conditions (e.g. transcobalamin deficiency) and certain chronic parasitic intestinal infestations.
• Vitamin B6 - adverse effects: Regular use of large doses of vitamin B6 supplements can cause adverse effects.
• Wrist paresthesia/ tingling: A loss of sensation located at or around the wrist.

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