COMMON SENSORY IMPAIRMENTS

Neuro PT 1

ABAROGNOSIS

ABAROGNOSIS

inability to recognize weight

ALLESTHESIA

sensation experienced at a site remote from point of stimulation

ALLODYNIA

pain produced by a non-noxious stimulus

ANALGESIA

complete loss of pain sensitivity

ASTEREOGNOSIS

inability to recognize the form and shape of objects by touch

ATOPOGNOSIA

inability to localize a sensational

CAUSALGIA

painful, burning sensations, usually along the distribution of a nerve

DYSESTHESIA

touch sensation experienced as a pain

HYPALGESIA

decreased sensitivity to pain

HYPERALGESIA

increased sensitivity to pain

HYPERESTHESIA

increased sensitivity to sensory stimuli

HYPOESTHESIA

decreased sensitivity to sensory stimuli

PALLANESTHESIA

loss or absence of sensibility to vibration

PARESTHESIA

abnormal sensation such as numbness, prickling, or tingling, without apparent cause

THALAMIC SYNDROME

Vascular lesion of the thalamus resulting in sensory disturbances and partial or complete paralysis of one side of the body, associated with severe, boring-type pain; sensory stimuli may produce an exaggerated, prolonged, or painful response

THERMANALGESIA

inability to perceive heat

THERMANESTHESIA

inability to perceive sensations of heat and cold

THERMHYPERESTHESIA

increased sensitivity to temperature

THERMYHPOESTHESIA

decreased temperature sensibility

THIGMANESTHESIA

loss of light touch sensibility