numbness
Last reviewed 01/2018
Paraesthesiae are abnormalities of sensation such as:
- tingling
- pins and needles
- tightness sensation like strings or bands around a part o the body
- sensation like water trickling over the skin
- sensation that the affected part is swollen or encased in a firm glove or plaster cast
- electric shock sensations such as in Lhermitte's symptom or Tinel's test
paraesthesiae (thumb, index, middle, half of ring finger)
paraesthesiae (dorsum of hand and forearm)
paraesthesiae (lower lateral part of leg, dorsum of foot)
paraesthesiae (and pain, anteriomedial aspect of thigh)
paraesthesiae (anteriolateral aspect of the thigh)
paraesthesiae (lateral aspect of upper arm)
paraesthesiae (below knee on lateral side)