Talk:Paresthesia

Spelling
Disclaimer- I don't care about UK/US English differences. This is for consistency's sake.

The article title is paresthesia, however the first sentence states:


 * "Paraesthesia (/ˌpærɨsˈθiːziə/ or pronounced /ˌpærɨsˈθiːʒə/, spelled paresthesia in English)"

Paraesthesia is also English, probably UK English, I'm guessing, unless this is just the medical term and isn't classed as any form of English (?). I think the first sentence should read:


 * "Paresthesia (/ˌpærɨsˈθiːziə/, or pronounced /ˌpærɨsˈθiːʒə/ and spelled paraesthesia in UK English)"

Cheers, Freestyle-69 (talk) 04:28, 23 June 2010 (UTC)

Numbness
According to the MedDRA dictionary (version 13.1), numbness should redirect to hypoesthesia (not to paresthesia); I am not experienced enough to make this change but am asking for help to do redirect numbness to hypoesthesia. (Fincap on 29 Dec 2010)
 * I noticed this message and have now changed the redirect from the word numbness to point to hypoesthesia. Sorry it took two and a half years before someone noticed this! Invertzoo (talk) 23:48, 12 July 2013 (UTC)

CFS
Parasthesia occurs in chronic fatigue syndrome as often as Fibromyalgia, but only one appears not to be listed. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Leopardtail (talk • contribs) 00:54, 20 March 2014 (UTC)

Prolonged toilet sitting
I get this sensation in my feet (usually one more than the other, probably due to unequal weight distribution) if I sit on a toilet for longer than necessary (usually if I get caught up reading or on a tablet) so I think maybe we should discuss this too.

Does not happen from sitting on chairs for same period, I assume because fewer pressure points compared to toilet seat.

Effect of things like weight and fitness might also be discussed. Someone who can squat heavy or high reps probably has better leg circulation to slow down a foot falling asleep by my guess. Plus someone who weighs more would create more compression at the pressure points.

Also worth comparing to "the burn" that happens during exercise. This may even have training benefits, though obviously not ideal or safest. In both cases, anaerobic environment (be it using energy faster than normal oxygen, or simply limiting the income of oxygen by artery restriction) would create metabolic stress to adapt to. Moreso than compromising artery, the constriction of veins would slow down exit of waste products, like with "Blood Flow Restriction Training" I read about. 64.228.91.104 (talk) 12:51, 10 April 2015 (UTC)

long-term physical effect
The lede currently says:
 * "no apparent long-term physical effect. The manifestation of a paresthesia may be transient or chronic."

What does this mean? How could Paresthesia be "chronic" but have "no apparent long-term physical effect"?

Please rewrite the lede to clarify this confusing issue.

(In particular, does the tingling from stinging nettles always go away "soon"? Is there ever any long-term health effect of any kind?) -71.174.181.39 (talk) 17:30, 10 June 2015 (UTC)

Blood
I've always been under the - seemingly false - impression that the typical reason for limbs falling asleep is that the blood is prevented from reaching that limb and the veins run dry. Now that I think about it really doesn't seem to make all that much sense, but I don't think I've made it up in my own mind. If this is indeed a common misbelief, maybe some clarification could be added somewhere in the beginning of the article. :) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 93.206.151.40 (talk) 23:43, 9 January 2016 (UTC)

B-alanine
Beta alanine will do it too, as written in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beta-Alanine 71.139.160.208 (talk) 20:03, 16 January 2016 (UTC)

POV intrusion
"Exposure to environmental toxins, chemicals used in water treatment and fluoroquinolones can also cause paresthesia." I suggest my sentence above should be reinstated. Apparently someone is undoing my wiki edits if they even slightly challenge his/her POV regardless of the medical science. See https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Paresthesia&diff=722520049&oldid=722401653

Seabreezes1 (talk) 22:14, 15 April 2019 (UTC)
 * The article currently still uses that source about fluoroquinolones but it appears to be about use as a drug including injection, rather than about contamination of the environment, so the sentence no longer includes that part.  — Paleo  Neonate  – 09:17, 18 May 2020 (UTC)