ISCHAEMIC AND POST-ISCHAEMIC NUMBNESS AND PARAESTHESIAE

Ischaemic and post-ischaemic numbness and paraesthesiae.

A study of post-ischaemic paraesthesiae.

Paresthesiaa of the kind commonly known as "pins and needles" occur spontaneously in a variety of conditions. They may be produced deliberately by mechanical or electrical stimulation of a nerve, by overbreathing, or by cutting off the circulation to a limb and then releasing it. The present study is mainly concerned with the parvsthesixc which follow a period of circulatory arrest in a limb, a...

Post-ischaemic paraesthesiae in diabetes mellitus.

A quantitative assessment of post-ischaemic paraesthesiae has been made in 50 diabetic subjects and in a group of healthy age-matched controls. The results show a highly significant diminution of the paraesthetic response in the diabetic subjects. The degree of depression of the paraesthetic response was associated with the duration of the disease and the severity of the metabolic abnormality a...

Studies of ischaemic and post-ischaemic paraesthesiae in normal subjects and in sciatica.

The occurrence of paraesthesiae during occlusion of the circulation to a limb (ischaemic paraesthesiae) and after its restoration (post-ischaemic paraesthesiae) is well recognized. The ischaemic paraesthesiae consist of a soft, diffuse, tingling sensation felt at the periphery of the limb and lasting only a few minutes. The post-ischaemic paraesthesiae, which have been well demarcated by Merrin...

Ischaemic and postischaemic paraesthesiae in polyneuritis.

Paraesthesiae consequent on peripheral nerve compression or general limb ischaemia have attracted interest for over a century (Bastien and Vulpian, 1855), but their value in the study of nervous disease remains little explored. In a recent study (Poole, 1956) the paraesthesiae provoked in normal subjects by a standard ischaemic test were investigated in order to provide a background against whi...