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It is sometimes described as feeling like acid under the skin. Burning dysesthesia might accurately reflect an acidotic state in the synapses and perineural space. Some ion channels will open to a low pH, and the acid sensing ion channel has been shown to open at body temperature, in a model of nerve injury pain. Inappropriate, spontaneous ...
Formication is the sensation resembling that of small insects crawling on (or under) the skin, in the absence of actual insects.It is one specific form of a set of sensations known as paresthesias, which also include the more common prickling, tingling sensation known as pins and needles.
Erythromelalgia, or Mitchell's disease (after Silas Weir Mitchell), is a rare vascular peripheral pain disorder in which blood vessels, usually in the lower extremities or hands, are episodically blocked (frequently on and off daily), then become hyperemic and inflamed.
Along with hypothyroidism, which impacts your body’s metabolism and can make you feel cold, Raynaud’s disease is another common cause of chilly hands. “This condition commonly occurs in ...
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In general, a fire-setter is any individual who feels the impulse to set a fire for unusual reasons. [4] [5] While a child fire-setter is usually curious about fire and has the desire to learn more about it, [4] a child pyromaniac has an unusually bizarre impulse or desire to set intentional fires. [6]
There is an increasing sense of tension or affective arousal prior to instances of fire setting, persistent fascination or preoccupation with fire and related stimuli (e.g., watching fires, building fires, fascination with firefighting equipment), and a sense of pleasure, excitement, relief or gratification during, and immediately after the act ...
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