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What is the definition or description of: tingling?
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A sensation: Tingling is a pins and needle like sensation anywhere on the body. May also be termed paresthesia. Can experience when elbow is bumped (funny bone), or even from frostbite. On its own, unlikely significant but may be part of nerve pathology from a variety of mechanisms.
Answered 5/13/2015
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