Dysesthesia

Clinic

• Dysesthesia is a general term for a cutaneous symptom such as
  • Pruritus
  • Hyperesthesia: Burning, tingling, stinging
  • Anesthesia, Paresthesia: tickling, crawling, cold sensation
  • Pain
• It has no primary cutaneous etiology such as nerve Trauma / Impingement / Irritation.
• It could results in hyperpigmentation.

Related Disease

• Scalp dysesthesia
• Trigeminal trophic syndrome
• Meralgia paresthetica
• Notalgia paresthetica
• Brachioradial pruritus
• MS

Most of these are caused by neural injury except Notalgia paresthetica which is a common chronic sensory neuropathy which is presented with localized itch, affecting mainly the area between the shoulder blades (especially the T2–T6 dermatomes) but occasionally with a more widespread distribution, involving the shoulders, back, and upper chest.

Miasms

• GSS
• HTLV-1
• LCM
• LSSV
• NVCJD
• SAHF
• SHBV