Paraesthesia

Lived experience: “No light touching or contact.”

Abnormal sensations in the body without an obvious physical cause.

Tingling, “pins and needles,” crawling, prickling, or buzzing sensations, often affecting the arms, hands, legs, or feet.

Stroke can disrupt the brain’s sensory pathways, causing the brain to misinterpret nerve signals from the body.

Sensory retraining, physical therapy, gentle stimulation

of the affected area, and medical evaluation if symptoms

are persistent.

Fairly common in stroke survivors, especially when sensory areas of the brain are affected.

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