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Descriptor English: Paresthesia
Descriptor Spanish: Parestesia
Descriptor parestesia
Entry term(s) disestesia
hormigueo
Scope note: Sensaciones cutáneas subjetivas (ejemplo, frío, calor, hormigueo, presión, etc.) que se experimentan espontáneamente en ausencia de estímulo.
Descriptor Portuguese: Parestesia
Descriptor French: Paresthésie
Entry term(s): Distal Paresthesia
Distal Paresthesias
Dysesthesia
Dysesthesias
Formication
Formications
Painful Paresthesia
Painful Paresthesias
Paresthesia, Distal
Paresthesia, Painful
Paresthesias
Paresthesias, Distal
Paresthesias, Painful
Tree number(s): C10.597.751.791.875
C23.888.592.763.770.875
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D010292
Scope note: Subjective cutaneous sensations (e.g., cold, warmth, tingling, pressure, etc.) that are experienced spontaneously in the absence of stimulation.
Annotation: burning, tingling, prickling sensations go here
Allowable Qualifiers: BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CI chemically induced
CL classification
CN congenital
CO complications
DG diagnostic imaging
DH diet therapy
DI diagnosis
DT drug therapy
EC economics
EH ethnology
EM embryology
EN enzymology
EP epidemiology
ET etiology
GE genetics
HI history
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
MO mortality
NU nursing
PA pathology
PC prevention & control
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
PX psychology
RH rehabilitation
RT radiotherapy
SU surgery
TH therapy
UR urine
VE veterinary
VI virology
DeCS ID: 10481
Unique ID: D010292
NLM Classification: WR 280
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Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2013/07/08
Paresthesia - Preferred
Concept UI M0015950
Scope note Subjective cutaneous sensations (e.g., cold, warmth, tingling, pressure, etc.) that are experienced spontaneously in the absence of stimulation.
Preferred term Paresthesia
Entry term(s) Paresthesias
Dysesthesia - Related but not broader or narrower
Concept UI M0336623
Preferred term Dysesthesia
Entry term(s) Dysesthesias
Paresthesia, Painful - Narrower
Concept UI M0336622
Preferred term Paresthesia, Painful
Entry term(s) Painful Paresthesia
Painful Paresthesias
Paresthesias, Painful
Paresthesia, Distal - Narrower
Concept UI M0336621
Preferred term Paresthesia, Distal
Entry term(s) Distal Paresthesia
Distal Paresthesias
Paresthesias, Distal
Formication - Narrower
Concept UI M0015949
Scope note Subjective cutaneous sensations of insects in the absence of stimulation.
Preferred term Formication
Entry term(s) Formications



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