Sensations
A sensation usually refers to an abnormal sensation of the skin, such as tingling, burning sensations, and so on. The medical name for this type of symptom is paresthesia. Pain is obviously a type of sensation. Another type is numbness
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Types
Abnormal sensations usually refer to nerve-type symptoms, such as:
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- Tingling: Tingling is a nerve sensation symptom that can affect various body areas. Common types are tingling toes and tingling fingers
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- Burning sensation: Burning sensations refer to a skin sensation (rather than actual “burns”), which people may describe also with terms such as
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- Paresthesias: Paresthesia is the general name for abnormal sensations. People use a variety of terms for these sensations, such as: tingling
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- Pain: Pain is a very common symptom that can affect almost any region of the body. Common types of pain include
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- Numbness: Numbness is the loss of nerve sensation in a region. Total numbness is the complete loss of sensation, but also
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- Sensory Symptoms: Sensory symptoms may refer to the sensation of pain (i.e. the sense of touch) or to symptoms affecting any
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- Vision Symptoms: There are various types of vision symptoms that affect the vision in various ways. Difficulty focusing may include short-sightedness
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- Taste symptoms: Taste symptoms are abnormalities of the sense of taste, such as loss of taste (hypogeusia), metallic taste, bitter taste, and
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- Hearing Symptoms: The main hearing symptoms are hearing loss and tinnitus. Hearing loss may range in severity from a mild and temporary
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- Nerve Pain: Nerve pain is a special kind of pain or pain-like sensations. It is also called “neuropathic pain” or simply
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Related Symptom Topics
Read more about these related symptoms:
- Tingling- Overview| Drugs
- Burning sensation- Overview| Drugs
- Paresthesias- Overview| Causes| Drugs
- Pain- Overview
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