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Numbness
From MEpedia, a crowd-sourced encyclopedia of ME and CFS science and history
Numbness is a loss of sensation or feeling in a part of your body. Often it is accompanied with pins-and-needles, burning or tingling.[1]
Presentation
Prevalence
- 2001, In a Belgian study, 66.4% of patients meeting the Fukuda criteria and 69.1% of patients meeting the Holmes criteria, in a cohort of 2073 CFS patients, reported numbness/paresthesia.[2]
Symptom recognition
Notable studies
Possible causes
Potential treatments
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See also
References
- ↑ Numbness - Definition - Mayo clinic
- ↑ De Becker, Pascale; McGregor, Neil; De Meirleir, Kenny (December 2001). "A definition‐based analysis of symptoms in a large cohort of patients with chronic fatigue syndrome". Journal of Internal Medicine. 250 (3): 234–240. doi:10.1046/j.1365-2796.2001.00890.x.
