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Scalp dysesthesia is a cutaneous condition characterised by pain and burning sensations without objective physical examination findings. [1]: 64 The pain sometimes is described as burning. Often there is an underlying psychosomatic cause, such as stress, depression or anxiety. [2] Only a few studies have been conducted on this condition.
Chronic anxiety is often associated with dysesthesia due to extreme stress. [2] Patients with this anxiety may experience numbness or tingling in the face. In one study, those patients that were examined psychologically had symptoms of anxiety, depression, obsessive-compulsive personality disorder, or somatic symptom disorder. [3]
The link between stress and skin goes back to the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis in the brain, which regulates the body's response to stress, Dr. Evan Rieder, a board-certified dermatologist ...
Other common symptoms include tiredness, weight gain, constipation, dry skin and hair, and a slowed heart rate, says Dr. Quinlan. Your primary care doctor can order a blood test to check your ...
When it comes to scalp diseases and infection-like conditions such as folliculitis, treating the underlying issue should alleviate the pain. “The individual should use gentle, non-irritating ...
Hypoesthesia is one of the negative sensory symptoms associated with cutaneous sensory disorder (CSD). In this condition, patients have abnormal disagreeable skin sensations that can be due to increased nervous system activity (stinging, itching or burning) or decreased nervous system activity (numbness or hypoesthesia). [6]
Stress may be present, and the emotional impact of hair loss is important as it may cause significant distress. [3] Other signs may point to specific causes of the condition. Poor diet may lead to tiredness , other side effects of chemotherapy drugs may be seen, infection can cause itching , stress may lead to pulling of hair or falling of hair.
Canities subita, also called Marie Antoinette syndrome or Thomas More syndrome, is an alleged condition of hair turning white overnight due to stress or trauma. [1] The trivial names come from specific cases in history including that of Queen Marie Antoinette of France whose hair was noted as having turned stark white overnight after her capture following the ill-fated flight to Varennes ...