Phantom Limb Pain

Phantom Limb Pain Over the years scientists have noted many complaints of a strange form of pain called phantom limb pain. This pain is strange because it is located in an appendage that no longer exists. By many of the amputees the pain is described as totally unbearable. For the amputee population this is a very real problem that definitely needs to be solved. Pain and other sensation in an amputated or absent limb, are …

…rate and systolic blood pressure showed that psychological stressors were more effective than physical stressors in inducing the higher reactivity of PLP patients in comparison with pain free patients. The lower temperature of stumps measured in the pain group is probably related to a sympathetic system dependent decrease in peripheral blood blow. Taken together, all these indexes show the consistently increased stress reactivity of PLP patients during! free speech about the amputation event. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**