Alexis Holmes, Richard Fried
Dysesthesia is symptomatology that includes, but is not limited to, sensations of pain, burning, crawling, biting, numbness, piercing, pulling, cold, shock-like, pulling, wetness, and heat. These sensations can cause significant emotional distress and functional impairment in affected individuals. While some cases of dysesthesias are secondary to organic etiologies, most cases exist without an identifiable infectious, inflammatory, autoimmune, metabolic, or neoplastic process. Ongoing vigilance is required for concurrent or evolving processes, including paraneoplastic presentations...
March 4, 2023: Clinics in Dermatology