Talk:Paresthesia

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are you sure that parasthesias are a disorder of the central nervous system? Seems unsupported by evidence - more inclined to think that at lvhne cases are peripheral disorders only. For example, the next sentence suggests some cases are caused by reduced blood flow to the limbs - how does this relate to the central nervous system? Sethk (talk · contribs)

I agree with you there. The page is low on sources anyway, but paraesthesia can be of both central and peripheral nervous system origin. Remember that the spinal cord counts as CNS. JFW | T@lk 15:30, 5 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I have Fibromyalgia which is a disorder of the central nervous system and it does cause paresthesia . Dragonfaire 14:36, 8 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Exposure to certain chemicals like vinyl chloride can also cause nerve damage that leads to paresthesia (http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/toxprofiles/tp20.pdf page 15) (Walker.nate 05:51, 6 March 2007 (UTC))[reply]

I agree the paragraph added in rev 193571778 is dreadful: it barely parses and has little to no scientific value. I don't see the point of an undo war over it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.133.135.30 (talk) 08:49, 17 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The paragraph looks like a home remedy, especially since it gives no source. 130.237.11.143 (talk) 12:23, 4 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

We're wondering if there is a description for the higher magnitude effect seen when blood flow is RESTORED to the affected nerves: in these cases, the sensation is more intense and many people describe a lack of desire to relieve the initial situation to avoid the second. Is the effect the same: increased blood flow giving a similar signal? --kradak (talk) 13:57, 11 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Spelling

Disclaimer- I don't care about UK/US English differences. This is for consistency's sake.

The article title is paresthesia, however the first sentence states:

"Paraesthesia (/ˌpærɨsˈθiːziə/ or pronounced /ˌpærɨsˈθiːʒə/, spelled paresthesia in English)"

Paraesthesia is also English, probably UK English, I'm guessing, unless this is just the medical term and isn't classed as any form of English (?). I think the first sentence should read:

"Paresthesia (/ˌpærɨsˈθiːziə/, or pronounced /ˌpærɨsˈθiːʒə/ and spelled paraesthesia in UK English)"

Cheers, Freestyle-69 (talk) 04:28, 23 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Numbness

According to the MedDRA dictionary (version 13.1), numbness should redirect to hypoesthesia (not to paresthesia); I am not experienced enough to make this change but am asking for help to do redirect numbness to hypoesthesia. (Fincap on 29 Dec 2010)

I noticed this message and have now changed the redirect from the word numbness to point to hypoesthesia. Sorry it took two and a half years before someone noticed this! Invertzoo (talk) 23:48, 12 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

CFS

Parasthesia occurs in chronic fatigue syndrome as often as Fibromyalgia, but only one appears not to be listed. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Leopardtail (talk • contribs) 00:54, 20 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Prolonged toilet sitting

I get this sensation in my feet (usually one more than the other, probably due to unequal weight distribution) if I sit on a toilet for longer than necessary (usually if I get caught up reading or on a tablet) so I think maybe we should discuss this too.

Does not happen from sitting on chairs for same period, I assume because fewer pressure points compared to toilet seat.

Effect of things like weight and fitness might also be discussed. Someone who can squat heavy or high reps probably has better leg circulation to slow down a foot falling asleep by my guess. Plus someone who weighs more would create more compression at the pressure points.

Also worth comparing to "the burn" that happens during exercise. This may even have training benefits, though obviously not ideal or safest. In both cases, anaerobic environment (be it using energy faster than normal oxygen, or simply limiting the income of oxygen by artery restriction) would create metabolic stress to adapt to. Moreso than compromising artery, the constriction of veins would slow down exit of waste products, like with "Blood Flow Restriction Training" I read about. 64.228.91.104 (talk) 12:51, 10 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

long-term physical effect

The lede currently says:

"no apparent long-term physical effect. The manifestation of a paresthesia may be transient or chronic."

What does this mean? How could Paresthesia be "chronic" but have "no apparent long-term physical effect"?

Please rewrite the lede to clarify this confusing issue.

(In particular, does the tingling from stinging nettles always go away "soon"? Is there ever any long-term health effect of any kind?) -71.174.181.39 (talk) 17:30, 10 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Blood

I've always been under the - seemingly false - impression that the typical reason for limbs falling asleep is that the blood is prevented from reaching that limb and the veins run dry. Now that I think about it really doesn't seem to make all that much sense, but I don't think I've made it up in my own mind. If this is indeed a common misbelief, maybe some clarification could be added somewhere in the beginning of the article. :) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 93.206.151.40 (talk) 23:43, 9 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

B-alanine

Beta alanine will do it too, as written in

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beta-Alanine

71.139.160.208 (talk) 20:03, 16 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

POV intrusion

"Exposure to environmental toxins, chemicals used in water treatment and fluoroquinolones can also cause paresthesia." I suggest my sentence above should be reinstated. Apparently someone is undoing my wiki edits if they even slightly challenge his/her POV regardless of the medical science. See https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Paresthesia&diff=722520049&oldid=722401653

Seabreezes1 (talk) 22:14, 15 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

The article currently still uses that source about fluoroquinolones ([1]) but it appears to be about use as a drug including injection, rather than about contamination of the environment, so the sentence no longer includes that part. —Paleo Neonate – 09:17, 18 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Proposed cleanup

This article needs work. Many of the potential causes described under Transient and Chronic are also listed under Other. Most don't have sources. I propose deleting the ones without other valuable, sourced info that are on the list, and moving the ones without much description to the list.

Mostly this article is a list of potential causes. Maybe the list should go at the top of the Causes section and include all the potential causes mentioned in the article, with subsections for more info on the few that have more info.

I feel like all the ones on the list without citations should be marked as needing citations. Seananony (talk) 01:15, 21 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]