試題詳解

複選題

17.

(AB) The non-painful phantom sensations may include a specific position, shape, or movement of the phantom, feelings of warmth or cold, itching, tingling, or electric sensations, and other paraesthesias.

(AC) Phantom-limb pain is commonly confused with pain in the area adjacent to the amputated body part.

(AD) There have been some reports that phantom-limb pain is more frequent in female than male amputees, but other studies did not confirm these findings.

(AE) Furthermore, post-amputation pain at the site of the wound must be distinguished from pain in the residual limb and in the phantom limb, which may all occur together in the early phase after amputation.

(BC) It seems to be more intense in the distal portions of the phantom limb and can have several different qualities, such as stabbing, throbbing, burning, or cramping.

(BD) The term phantom-limb pain was coined for this sensation by Mitchell in 1872.