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MeSH Heading: Paresthesia
Tree Number(s): C10.597.751.791.875; C23.888.592.763.770.875
Unique ID: D010292
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D010292
Annotation: burning, tingling, prickling sensations go here
Scope Note: Subjective cutaneous sensations (e.g., cold, warmth, tingling, pressure, etc.) that are experienced spontaneously in the absence of stimulation.
Entry Term(s): Dysesthesia; Formication; Paresthesia, Distal; Paresthesia, Painful
NLM Classification #: WR 280
Date Introduced: 1966/01/01
Last Updated: 2013/07/08

Allowable Qualifiers: blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemically induced (CI)

classification (CL)

complications (CO)

congenital (CN)

diagnosis (DI)

diagnostic imaging (DG)

diet therapy (DH)

drug therapy (DT)

economics (EC)

embryology (EM)

enzymology (EN)

epidemiology (EP)

ethnology (EH)

etiology (ET)

genetics (GE)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

mortality (MO)

nursing (NU)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiopathology (PP)

prevention & control (PC)

psychology (PX)

radiotherapy (RT)

rehabilitation (RH)

surgery (SU)

therapy (TH)

urine (UR)

veterinary (VE)

virology (VI)

Paresthesia MeSH Descriptor Data 2026