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hyperesthesia

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hyperesthesia [‚hī·pər·əs′thē·zhə]
(physiology)
Increased sensitivity or sensation.


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After approximately 2 weeks of continuous therapy, she was transferred to the cord trauma institute with persistent neurologic deficits, including marked proximal and distal right-sided weakness and hyperesthesia.
A Cuban researcher, a specialist in ixodid ticks, was bitten several times by the ticks; dermatologic and neurologic symptoms compatible with Lyme disease (skin lesions, hyperesthesia with loss of reflexes, loss of muscular coordination, and fecal incontinence) developed.
1-3,5) Specific signs of strangulated obturator hernia include obturator neuralgia (hypoesthesia or hyperesthesia or cramp from the inguinal crease to the anteromedial aspect of the thigh); Howship-Romberg sign (pain in the medial thigh or in the hip exacerbated by extension, adduction, or medial rotation); and Hannington-Kiff sign (absent adductor reflex in the thigh).
 
 
 
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