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Tigmesthesia uses a cotton swab to gently touch the patient's skin or mucous membranes, allowing the patient to answer the question of whether there is a slight itching or the number of times the patient has touched. When examining the extremities, the direction of the stimulus should be parallel to the long axis, and the direction of the chest and abdomen should be parallel to the ribs. The examination order is face, neck, upper limbs, trunk, and lower limbs. A variety of diseases have pain, temperature, touch loss or decline, such as cerebrovascular accident, spinal cord injury. Diabetic neuropathy, neuritis, postherpetic neuralgia, Raynaud's disease, bundled myelopathy, etc. often have paresthesia or sensation. Basic Information Specialist classification: neurological examination classification: neuroelectrophysiology Applicable gender: whether men and women apply fasting: not fasting Tips: Before you check, you should prepare the cotton wool or feathers you want to use. The texture of the feathers should be softer. Normal value Normal people are very sensitive to light touch. Clinical significance Abnormal results: Tactile dysfunction is seen in the posterior cord lesion. People who need to be examined: patients with tactile disorders. Precautions Contraindications before inspection: Prepare the cotton wool or feathers to be used before inspection. The texture of the feathers should be softer. Requirements for inspection: 1. Close the eyes when checking. 2. The patient should answer if there is any feeling of touching the skin during the examination. Inspection process Let the patient close his eyes, touch the skin with cotton wool or feathers, ask him to answer the feeling, and if there is no feeling, it is a tactile disorder. Not suitable for the crowd Inappropriate people: Patients with severe skin loss should not do this check. Adverse reactions and risks Nothing.

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