Posted by sleepsurgeon on August 18, 2009 at 15:26:42:

In Reply to: tracheotomy comments and others posted by sleepsurgeon on August 16, 2009 at 18:33:57:

When a sensory nerve is tramatized, numbness occurs, which is normal. The nerve recovers and the numbness gradually goes away and sensation returns and the paresthesia resolves. Dysthesia occurs when there is an aberrant nerve response, which is abnormal and fortunately very rare. Pain or burning sensation is abnormal during nerve recovery and medications can be used to "calm" the nerve down. The most common occurrence is from wisdom teeth removal and the reason is too complicated to explain. I happen to know a lot about nerve response and repair because that it one of my clinical interest years ago and I have done a fair amount of nerve repairs in my earlier days-inferior alveolar nerve, lingual nerve, facial nerve and optic nerve. The bottom line is that if one can aggressively manage it when it just starts, permanent dysthesia may be avoided.

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