Common Symptoms Of Neuromuscular Diseases

Paresthesia

Paresthesia, abnormal sensations an individual feels in their arms, legs, hands, and feet, may develop in neuromuscular disease patients. This sensation has been described as a burning feeling, prickling feeling, pins and needles, tingling feeling, numbness, itchiness, or skin crawling. Paresthesia is the same sensation an individual feels when they place pressure on a limb for an extended period, and the limb falls asleep. However, paresthesia that occurs in individuals affected by a neuromuscular disease is not the result of manual pressure on a nerve and is not alleviated through the removal of such pressure. Paresthesia occurs in patients affected by neuromuscular diseases because some of these diseases cause the nerves that transmit and receive impulses from the brain with sensory information to become functionally impaired. This functional impairment occurs when there is a disruption or blockage at some point in the pathway the sensory nerve impulses travel on. The brain receives partial, irregular, or no impulses at all, which causes the individual to experience paresthesia.

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