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HIPERESTESIA [3 records]

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Record 1 2012-02-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Symptoms (Medicine)
  • Nervous System
DEF

Exaggerated sensibility to nervous stimuli.

CONT

Acute sensory neuropathy. ... The hyperesthesia can be so severe that even contact with bedclothes brings on distressing pain.

Key term(s)
  • hyperaesthesia

French

Domaine(s)
  • Symptômes (Médecine)
  • Système nerveux
DEF

Exagération de la sensibilité à l'égard des stimuli nerveux.

Key term(s)
  • hyper-esthésie

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Síntomas (Medicina)
  • Sistema nervioso
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Record 2 2011-02-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Symptoms (Medicine)
DEF

An abnormal sensitiveness to pressure or contact.

OBS

Tenderness is the term usually applied in medical nomenclature to pain experienced when a diseased part is handled, the term pain, being reserved for unpleasant sensations felt apart from any manipulation.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Symptômes (Médecine)
DEF

Douleur réveillée, exacerbée par le contact, la pression.

OBS

La douleur provoquée s'oppose à la douleur spontanée. Elle est mise en évidence par l'examen physique.

OBS

Le terme «douleur provoquée» a été privilégié par le Comité de sémiologie médicale.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Síntomas (Medicina)
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Record 3 1994-01-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Symptoms (Medicine)
  • Musculoskeletal System
DEF

A pain produced by a light touching or stroking of the scalp. It is typically produced by combing the hair or by sleeping on sensitive scalp areas. The pain is most frequently [felt] in the temporal region. Scalp tenderness along the temporal artery and its branches is a highly specific sign of giant cell arteritis. Less localized scalp tenderness usually occurs in the absence of objective abnormalities.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Symptômes (Médecine)
  • Appareil locomoteur (Médecine)
DEF

Exagération de la sensibilité du cuir chevelu dans la région temporale, caractéristique de l'artérite temporale.

OBS

Lorsque l'hyperesthésie est située dans la région pariétale, elle est le signe d'un dérangement intervertébral mineur et on l'appelle alors "signe de la friction".

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Síntomas (Medicina)
  • Sistema musculoesquelético (Medicina)
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