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How are numbness and sensory loss different?

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Dr. Jimmy Bowen answered

Specializes in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Nerve: Numbness is the loss of ability to perceive touch. Sensory loss can include loss of perceived touch, proprioception(where something is in space), loss of pain and ability to distinguish temperature.

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Answered 9/16/2015

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