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Notalgia paresthetica is a common localized itch, affecting mainly the area between the shoulder blades (especially the T2–T6 dermatomes) but occasionally with a more widespread distribution, involving the shoulders, back, and upper chest.
Medical history (the patient tells the doctor about an injury). For shoulder problems the medical history includes the patient's age, dominant hand, if injury affects normal work/activities as well as details on the actual shoulder problem including acute versus chronic and the presence of shoulder catching, instability, locking, pain, paresthesias (burning sensation), stiffness, swelling, and ...
Tension myositis syndrome (TMS), also known as tension myoneural syndrome or mindbody syndrome, is a name given by John E. Sarno to what he claimed was a condition of psychogenic musculoskeletal and nerve symptoms, most notably back pain.
Formication is the sensation resembling that of small insects crawling on (or under) the skin, in the absence of actual insects. It is one specific form of a set of sensations known as paresthesias, which also include the more common prickling, tingling sensation known as pins and needles. Formication is a well-documented symptom which has ...
These events are episodic, and when the episode subsides or the area is warmed, the blood flow returns and the skin color first turns red , and then back to normal, often accompanied by swelling, tingling, and a painful "pins and needles" sensation. All three color changes are observed in classic Raynaud's yet not all patients see all of the ...
Normally, a callus will form on any part of the skin exposed to excess friction over a long period of time. Activities that are known for causing calluses include (but are not limited to) construction work and craftwork, the arts, [3] food preparation, many sports and physical activities, [4] [5] and fashion choices like wearing high heels.
Multisite pain defined as six or more pain sites from a total of nine possible sites (head, arms, chest, abdomen, upper back, lower back, and legs), for at least three months; Moderate to severe sleep problems or fatigue, for at least three months; Common features found in fibromyalgia patients can assist the diagnosis process.
referred pain to L shoulder Kelly's sign: Howard Atwood Kelly: surgery, urology: visible response of ureter when touched (means of identifying same) Kerley lines: Peter Kerley: radiology: pulmonary edema: Kernig's sign: Woldemar Kernig: neurology: meningism, meningitis, subarachnoid haemorrhage: synd/2200 at Whonamedit?