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Skin Tingling Or Numbness (Paresthesias)
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Skin Tingling Or Numbness (Paresthesias)
Parasethesias is a sensation of tingling, tickling, prickling, numbness or burning of a person's skin. There are no apparent long-term physical effects.
Symptom classification
Body areaEntire Body
Conditions linked to this sign/symptom
57- Amyloidosis
- Asthma
- Atherosclerosis
- Back Pain
- Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
- Cerebrovascular Disease (stroke)
- Cervical Spondylosis
- Chediak Higashi Syndrome
- Chronic Meningitis
- Churg Straus Disease
- Compartment Syndrome
- Conversion Disorder
- Dehydratase Deficiency
- Diabetes Type 1
- Diabetes Type 2
- Diphyllobothriasis
- Eosinophilia
- Essential Thrombocythemia
- Frostbite
- Guillain Barre Syndrome
- Herniated Nucleus Pulposus
- Herpes Zoster
- Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV AIDS)
- Hyperkalemia
- Hyperphosphatemia
- Hypokalemia
- Hypoparathroidism
- Iron Deficiency Anemia
- Ischemic Stroke
- Leprosy
- Macroglobulinemia
- Medullary Cystic Kidney Disease Complex
- Meningiomas
- Metabolic Alkalosis
- Metastatic Breast Cancer
- Multiple Sclerosis
- Pantothenic Acid Deficiency
- Pernicious Anemia
- Piriformis Syndrome
- POEMS Syndrome
- Polyneuropathy
- Postherpetic Neuralgia
- Primary Aldosteronism
- Primary Brain Lymphomas
- Restless Legs Syndrome
- Salivary Gland Tumors
- Sciatica
- Scorpion Stings
- Secondary Aldosteronism
- Spina Bifida
- Spinal Cord Infarction
- Spondylolisthesis
- Stroke
- Syrinx
- Transient Ischemic Attack
- Vitamin B12 Deficiency
- Vitamin B6 Toxicity
Drugs where this is listed as a side effect
45- Acetazolamide
- Alendronate
- Allopurinol
- Amiloride
- Amiodarone
- Candesartan
- Captopril
- Dexchlorpheniramine
- Dorzolamide
- Esomeprazole
- Flecainide
- Fluconazole
- Foscarnet
- Gemfibrozil
- Goserelin
- Griseofulvin
- Inteferon alfa
- Ketoconazole
- Ketorolac
- Labetalol
- Leflunomide
- Lignocaine
- Mebendazole
- Minoxidil
- Naloxone
- Omeprazole
- Prazosin
- Quinapril
- Ritonavir
- Salcatonin
- Saquinavir
- Simvastatin
- Sodium nitroprusside
- Sodium Valproate
- Tacrolimus
- Tamsulosin
- Terazosin
- Timolol
- Tranylcypromine
- Tretinoin
- Trimipramine
- Vinblastine
- Vincristine
- Vinorelbine
- Zolmitriptan