Hypoaesthesia is a condition in which superficial sensitivity to touch is reduced. Sometimes hypoesthesia can extend to other types of perception, such as temperature, pain and vibration sensitivity.
With hypoesthesia, the ability to feel touch, pressure, and surface textures decreases. This may manifest as numbness, tingling or tingling of the skin. Patients with hypoesthesia may not feel pain from injections, burns, or cuts.
The causes of hypoesthesia can be very different: nerve injuries, neurological diseases (for example, multiple sclerosis, neuritis, stroke), nerve compression, vitamin deficiency, poisoning, side effects of medications. Diagnosis includes a neurological examination, EMG, MRI, blood test.
Treatment depends on the cause and may include vitamin therapy, medications, physical therapy, and surgical methods. In case of irreversible nerve damage, symptomatic therapy is carried out to relieve sensations. It is important to prevent trauma to areas with impaired sensitivity.
Hypoesthesia - a decrease in the sensitivity of the sensory organs or directly the nerve endings - is a characteristic symptom of a group of disorders of the nervous system (they are called paresthesias). There are several types of neurosensitivity disorder. They can be divided into primary and secondary paresthesias. The latter include teepees
Hypoesthesia is a disturbance of sensations in the form of partial or complete loss of spatial sensitivity. It can be manifested by a lack of tactile sensations, various kinds of tingling, numbness or impaired muscle tone.
Hypoesthetic sensations arise regardless of external factors and reach their peak development only during a person’s rest and are not provoked by any irritant.
The following pathologies are identified that lead to loss of sensitivity:
- injuries sustained due to spinal fractures, surgical interventions on the brain and skull, as well as industrial and domestic injuries; - vascular diseases that occur in a chronic form - with pathologies of the auditory, olfactory apparatus, diabetes mellitus; - ophthalmological diseases – glaucoma; - damage to the nervous system associated with Parkinson's disease, alcoholism, schizophrenia; - infectious diseases, except syphilis and tuberculosis; - mental disorders; - side effects of medications; - hypothyroidism.
Unpleasant symptoms disappear after the cause of the pathology is completely cured, but in some cases, therapy does not help to completely overcome the disease. In some cases, it is necessary to wear special medical devices to protect the nerve endings and to facilitate movement in the damaged area. With pronounced impairments, a person often requires external objects for support when moving.