hyperaesthesia


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Related to hyperaesthesia: allodynia

hy·per·aes·the·sia

(hī′pər-ĭs-thē′zhə)
n.
Variant of hyperesthesia.
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hyperaesthesia

(ˌhaɪpəriːsˈθiːzɪə) or

hyperesthesia

n
(Pathology) pathol increased sensitivity of any of the sense organs, esp of the skin to cold, heat, pain, etc
hyperaesthetic, hyperesthetic adj
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hy•per•es•the•sia

(ˌhaɪ pər əsˈθi ʒə, -ʒi ə, -zi ə)

n.
an abnormally acute sense of pain, heat, cold, or touch (opposed to hypesthesia).
[1840–50]
hy`per•es•thet′ic (-ˈθɛt ɪk) adj.
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hyperesthesia, hyperaesthesia

1. an excessive sensitivity of skin in a particular area.
2. an excessive sensitivity of a particular sense, especially smell.
3. a heightened sensitivity to the environment. — hyperesthetic, hyperaesthetic, adj.
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Translations
Hyperästhesie
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This medicine is frequently useful where there is a rapid and violent onset of symptoms that involve mental excitement, anxiety, sensory hyperaesthesia, pupil dilation, cold extremities, redness and acute inflammation.
Other tests for acute appendicitis were present as Cope's psoas test in 60 patients (40%), Cope's obturator test in 12 patients (8%), Baldwin's test in 34 patients (22.67%), Hyperaesthesia at Sherren's triangle in 10 patients (6.67%) and rigidity and guarding in 80 patients.
Symptoms Hyperaesthesia or allodynia Temperature or color changes--asymmetry Edema or sweating changes--asymmetry Decreased ROM, weakness, tremor, or dystonia; trophic changes in skin, hair, or nails 3.
transient mild hemiparesis, superficial hemianaesthesia (which can be replaced by cutaneous hyperaesthesia and is always accompanied by persistent disturbances of deep sensation), allodynia, mild hemiataxia, astereognosia, severe and paroxysmal pain on the hemiparetic side, and choreoathetoid movements in the limbs on the paralyzed side.
On examination, the patient had hyperaesthesia on palpation over the greater trochanter and groin region.
Amplified pain syndromes may have severe hyperaesthesia. Range of A child should have a full range of motion in motion all joints.
In goats, clinical signs include erect ears, elevated tail, extended and stiff neck, general muscle stiffness, third eye lid prolapse, dysphagia, lock jaw and hyperaesthesia. In the later stages, the animal goes to lateral recumbency and deaths results (Matthews, 1999).
(20) Chronic pain is experienced by 20 percent to 50 percent of people with MS and may present as paraesthesia, dysaesthesia (burning, throbbing or shooting), hyperaesthesia so that non-painful touch becomes painful, and/ or anaesthesia.
Hyperaesthesia for auditory sensations, parious paraesthesias" and paroxysms) in addition to those of anxiety hysteria ("May lead of psychic impotence & sexual anaesthesia" TS10971_8, 21).
Classic symptoms and signs of scorpionism not found in latrodectism include dysphagia, loss of the gag reflex associated with a marked increase of oral secretions, difficulty in breathing, visual disturbances and pronounced general hyperaesthesia. Scorpionism does not give rise to abdominal rigidity and increased sweating is not a prominent feature.

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