4---2 Numbness, Tingling, Sensory Loss

Question 0

Usually result from trains of impulses generated at sites with lowered threshold or heightened excitability at peripheral or central

Answer 0

Positive phenomena

Question 1

Prototypical positive sx

Answer 1

Tingling ( pins and needles)

Question 2

Nature and severity depends on

Answer 2

Number
Rate
Timing and distribution;
Type and function of nerve

Question 3

True or false? + phenomena are not associates w sensory loss on exam

Answer 3

True

Question 4

If the rate of loss is slow?

Answer 4

Lack of cutaneous feeling may be unnoticed

Question 5

If rapid loss?

Answer 5

Both positive and negative phenomena are consoicous

Question 6

T or f? Sensory signs on exam are always a measure of negative phenomena

Answer 6

T

Question 7

Typically refers to tingling or pins and needles

Answer 7

Paresthesia

Question 8

Denotes all types of abnormal sensations, including painful ones

Answer 8

Dyesthesia

Question 9

Complete absence of skin sensation includinf pinprick

Answer 9

An esthesia

Question 10

Reduced/absent pain perception

Answer 10

Hypalgesia / an algesia

Question 11

Encompasses all phenomena described by hyperesthesia, allodynia, hyperalgesia

Answer 11

Hyperpathia

Question 12

Sensory ataxia refer collectively to

Answer 12

Clumsiness, unsteadiness, imbalance

Question 13

Continuous involuntary movts

Answer 13

Paeudoathtosis

Question 14

Naked nerve endinfgs

Answer 14

Nociceptors & thermoceptors