📚 Paraesthesia, noun. 🔉 /ˌparɪsˈθiːzɪə/ 🇬🇧 ❓ Definition (Medicine • mass noun): An abnormal sensation, typically tingling or pricking (‘pins and needles’), caused chiefly by pressure on or damage to peripheral nerves. ❗️ Examples: 1. Patients complain of painful paraesthesiae in the hands. 2. Side effects include paraesthesia. 3. Neurapraxia of the brachial plexus or cervical nerve roots, often called a stinger or burner, causes pain and paresthesia in a single upper extremity, usually radiating from the neck into the shoulder, arm, or hand. 4. Patients with arthritis of the tarsal tunnel may complain of a burning sensation, pain, and paresthesias over the distribution of the posterior tibial nerve and its branches that worsen with weight bearing. 5. In patients with carpal tunnel syndrome, pain and paresthesias may radiate to the forearm, elbow, and shoulder. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🌀 @cambridge_dic