10 Signs of Anxiety Disorders
Reviewed: Dr. Mera
Anxiety Disorder Sign #7: Paresthesia
Paresthesia is an uncomfortable sensation where there is numbness, tingling, prickling, burning, or tickling without any apparent physical cause. Paresthesia can be chronic or transient with many underlying causes. The commonest type of paresthesia is often known as “pins and needles” or described as a limb “falling asleep”.
Causes of paresthesia include shingles, hyperventilation, reactive hyperemia, panic attacks (anxiety disorders), vitamin deficiency, and more. In anxiety disorders, the breathlessness can lead to low oxygen levels which results in paresthesia.
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