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Numbness, tingling, pins & needles (paresthesia) Symptom Report

Paresthesia is a sensation of prickling, tingling, or creeping on the skin that has no objective cause and is usually associated with injury or irritation of a sensory nerve or nerve root. Read more...Click to read more below


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Symptom Severities

Numbness, tingling, pins & needles (paresthesia) severity pie chart

Treatments Patients Take For Numbness, tingling, pins & needles (paresthesia)

Treatments Patients Take For Numbness, tingling, pins & needles (paresthesia)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Gabapentin 139 6% Gabapentin: 6%
Pregabalin 40 2% Pregabalin: 2%
Vitamin B 10 0% Vitamin B: 0%
Methylprednisolone 6 0% Methylprednisolone: 0%
Carbamazepine 3 0% Carbamazepine: 0%
Ibuprofen 3 0% Ibuprofen: 0%
Wheelchair (powered) 3 0% Wheelchair (powered): 0%
MRI 2 0% MRI: 0%
Avoid Alcohol 1 0% Avoid Alcohol: 0%
Baclofen 1 0% Baclofen: 0%
Calcium and Magnesium 1 0% Calcium and Magnesium: 0%
Clonazepam 1 0% Clonazepam: 0%
Duloxetine 1 0% Duloxetine: 0%
Electrical Stimulation 1 0% Electrical Stimulation: 0%
Glatiramer acetate 1 0% Glatiramer acetate: 0%
Handicapped parking permit 1 0% Handicapped parking permit: 0%
Ropinirole 1 0% Ropinirole: 0%
Vitamin B Complex 1 0% Vitamin B Complex: 0%

Report created on November 08, 2009.