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hyperesthesia (hyperalgesia)

Excessive sensitivity to sensory stimuli, including: 1) pain (hyperalgesia) 2) temperature 2) touch Etiology: 1) underlying sensory defect 2) burns 3) inflammation 4) chronic opioid use [4]

Related

hyperpathia hypoesthesia; hypoalgesia

Specific

hyperalgesia opioid-induced hyperalgesia

General

sign/symptom

References

  1. Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999
  2. Principles of Neurology, 4th ed, Adams RD & Victor M (eds) McGraw-Hill, Inc, New York, 1989, pg 112, 128
  3. Geriatric Review Syllabus, 8th edition (GRS8) Durso SC and Sullivan GN (eds) American Geriatrics Society, 2013
  4. Medical Knowledge Self Assessment Program (MKSAP) 18, American College of Physicians, Philadelphia 2018