Numbness: Difference between revisions
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===Localizing the problem by history & physical<ref>https://www.aan.com/uploadedFiles/Website_Library_Assets/Documents/4.CME_and_Training/2.Training/4.Clerkship_and_Course_Director_Resources/FM_Chp3.pdf</ref>=== | |||
*Distribution of symptoms | |||
**Right vs. left | |||
**Presence of facial involvement | |||
**Arm vs. leg | |||
**Proximal vs. distal | |||
**Symmetric vs. asymmetric | |||
*Characteristics of symptoms | |||
**Sensory and motor | |||
**Painless or Painful | |||
**Sensory only | |||
**Autonomic involvement | |||
*Temporal Features | |||
**Acute or Chronic | |||
**Static or Progressive | |||
==Differential Diagnosis== | ==Differential Diagnosis== | ||
Revision as of 17:59, 12 August 2017
Background
Clinical Features
Localizing the problem by history & physical[1]
- Distribution of symptoms
- Right vs. left
- Presence of facial involvement
- Arm vs. leg
- Proximal vs. distal
- Symmetric vs. asymmetric
- Characteristics of symptoms
- Sensory and motor
- Painless or Painful
- Sensory only
- Autonomic involvement
- Temporal Features
- Acute or Chronic
- Static or Progressive