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 group of symptoms known as paresthesia are rather common as premonitory symptoms of cerebral apoplexy.

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