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Similar brief shocks can be experienced when any other nerve is tweaked (e.g. a pinched neck nerve may cause a brief shock-like paresthesia toward the scalp). In the older age group, spinal column irregularities may tweak the spinal cord briefly when the head or back is turned, flexed, or extended into brief uncommon positions (Lhermitte's sign).
Arthritis occurring alone following sexual exposure or enteric infection is also known as reactive arthritis. Affected people may present with mucocutaneous lesions, as well as psoriasis-like skin lesions such as circinate balanitis, and keratoderma blennorrhagicum. Enthesitis can involve the Achilles tendon resulting in heel pain. [4]
It is sometimes described as feeling like acid under the skin. Burning dysesthesia might accurately reflect an acidotic state in the synapses and perineural space. Some ion channels will open to a low pH , and the acid sensing ion channel has been shown to open at body temperature, in a model of nerve injury pain.
Inflammatory arthritis is a group of diseases which includes: rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthropathy, inflammatory bowel disease, adult-onset Still's disease, scleroderma, juvenile idiopathic arthritis, and systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE).
[1] [3] Joint replacement surgery may be an option if there is ongoing disability despite other treatments. [2] An artificial joint typically lasts 10 to 15 years. [11] Osteoarthritis is the most common form of arthritis, affecting about 237 million people or 3.3% of the world's population as of 2015. [4] [12] It becomes more common as people ...
Meredith Amoroso, a 38-year-old psoriatic arthritis patient in Pittsburgh, initially began having psoriatic arthritis symptoms in her 20s, but at the time, she didn’t feel like she fit the ...
In Australia about 15% of people are affected by arthritis, [11] while in the United States more than 20% have a type of arthritis. [3] Overall arthritis becomes more common with age. [2] Arthritis is a common reason people are unable to carry out their work and can result in decreased ability to complete activities of daily living. [2] [3] The ...
Some women are sensitive to certain personal care products, such as scented vulvar washes and soaps, and it can cause an inflammatory reaction that may feel like burning or stinging pain, Dr ...