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Multiple Sclerosis
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Numbness
Sensory deficits that arise from lesions in the sensory cortex [1] or the supraspinal (above the spine) pathways lead to numbness. People may also have radicular symptoms due to a lesion at the dorsal root entry zone of the spinal cord or the brainstem, although this is very rare.
Those with sensory deficits involving the dorsal column pathways subserving vibration and propioception, can experience a “useless hand syndrome” in which motor movement is preserved, but the ability to manipulate the arm in space is impaired. [2]
For some numbness may be induced when a loss of mobility is occurring and may be nothing to do with the disease itself.
1. The sensory cortex is an umbrella term for the primary and secondary cortexes of the different senses.
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