electric shock-like pain, and a stinging, tingling, or pins-and-needles sensation. These abnormal sensations are usually localized to one body part, especially the hands or feet. I have a constant burning sensation in my hemiplegic foot. Three strategies give me relief.
Initially (1) taking Tylenol and (2) raising the sheet off of my foot helped me fall asleep. In the photo I placed a ball outside the covers to show you what the ball under the covers looks like. The ball keeps the covers off the end of my big toe all night long. When these two strategies were not enough to help me fall sleep I added a 3rd strategy.
(3) Gel packs heated in a microwave oven. WARNING: Gel packs heat up very quickly and are deceivingly cool at 1st touch. I heat the gel pack for only 25 seconds on High because a stroke took away my ability to tell the difference between hot and cold in my leg. To safely remove the gel pack from the microwave and transport it to my bedroom, I put it on a stiff paper plate. I place the gel pack NEXT to my foot. The gentle heat gradually extinguishes the burning sensation in my foot so I can fall asleep.
Two sensations can cancel each other out. This is why you rub a painful body part that has bumped into an object. Ben Gay cream works because it has Capsaicin that produces a mild burning sensation that cancels the awareness of muscle pain. homeafterstroke.blogspot.com
Initially (1) taking Tylenol and (2) raising the sheet off of my foot helped me fall asleep. In the photo I placed a ball outside the covers to show you what the ball under the covers looks like. The ball keeps the covers off the end of my big toe all night long. When these two strategies were not enough to help me fall sleep I added a 3rd strategy.
Two sensations can cancel each other out. This is why you rub a painful body part that has bumped into an object. Ben Gay cream works because it has Capsaicin that produces a mild burning sensation that cancels the awareness of muscle pain. homeafterstroke.blogspot.com
You are so creative! And you keep teaching me names for my symptoms. My "central pain" isn't excruciating, but it is constant and annoying. You have given me hope that it will eventually subside. At this point I feel it in my hand and below my knee.
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