paresthesia

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The most common were dizziness, nausea, headache and paresthesia — electric-shock sensations in the brain that many people call brain zaps.

From New York Times • Apr. 7, 2018

Probably the most prevalent type relies on devices that stimulate nerves in the spine to treat pain in the back and in the legs and arms, often substituting a gentle tingling called paresthesia.

From US News • Sep. 20, 2016

The health scientists go on to add that adults with methylmercury poisoning have had severe and debilitating symptoms: paresthesia, ataxia, weakness, vision and hearing impairment, muscle tremor and spasticity, and even coma or death.

From Slate • Mar. 24, 2015

The disturbance of the circulation further leads to numbness, to some anesthesia, and to paresthesia.

From Psychotherapy by Walsh, James J. (James Joseph)

The legs were the seat of a heavy, unwieldy sensation, but there was no numbness or other paresthesia.

From Arteriosclerosis and Hypertension: with Chapters on Blood Pressure, 3rd Edition. by Warfield, Louis Marshall