Other names: hypoesthesia, decreased perception of stimuli, numbness, increased sensitivity, anesthesia, hyperstezie

Sensory loss means – the perception of touch, pressure, tension, positioning, pain, heat or cold ** **. Disrupted may just be one of those “values”, some or all of them and in a certain place stocked relevant nerve or the entire limb or limbs and other locations (face, abdomen, back, …).

The association is impaired so. Surface sensation – for pain, cold, heat and partially touch and light pressure or vice versa sensation deep – for perception of vibration, motion and position (pohybocit and polohocit mean that human eyes closed does not know in which position has such . leg or a finger, etc., and perceive their movement). Each of these two systems of perception is fed by different pathways in the brain for consciousness. Disability some of the pathways in the spinal cord or in the brain by accidents, tumors, inflammations and other diseases of the nervous system can lead to a failure of perception. When both systems disability arising global sensory disturbances.

Increased and decreased sensation

Citi may either be increased – eg. Numbness, tingling (see. Flag “tingling sensation”), increased perception of pain without adequate incentives or reduced or missing (complete loss of sensation is called anesthesia and complete loss of sensation only pain is called analgesia – hence the name painkiller – painkillers). Potentially reduced sensitivity are more susceptible to trauma, burns, etc., Because people lack a sense of pain that would “protect”.

nerve damage

The damage does not occur only at the level of the spinal cord and the brain, but also in the nerve itself, when disrupted, all modalities in this area. When disability more nerves (the so-called. Polyneuropathy, eg. In diabetes) arises disorder typically at the end portions of the limbs – in the range of “glove” at the hands of a “stocking” at his feet. People feel their slippers on her leg like.

Transitional sensory loss

Sometimes we feel violated only temporarily, sometimes on the contrary, it is a progressive disease that can result in failure of the current momentum. Treatment depends on the specific cause and falls into the hands of neurologists. If you suffer from prolonged tingling of the hands or feet or altered perception of pain, heat, cold, etc., Be sure to visit your doctor, who will probably recommend a neurologist.