Prickles

Acanthosis Increased thickness of the prickle cell layer of the skin. 

Paresthesia An abnormal touch sensation, such as burning, tingling, or prickling, often in the absence of external stimuli. 

I was suddenly scarlet and prickling with sweat. I was sure he could tell—he must be able to tell. My nod and mutter couldn t hide what I felt any more than if I d been stark naked. 

Fast pain may be described as sharp or prickling pain (see Table 8.2). This pain is perceived first (within 0.1 sec) as it is carried by the more rapidly... 

Sharp, prickling sensation Dull, aching, throbbing sensation more unpleasant... 

Risk of paresthesia, 0.3% (burning-prickling sensation of skin)... 

Cerebrum and cerebellum Motor nerve tracts Sensory nerve tract Balance problems, speech problems, coordination, tremors Muscle weakness, spasticity paralysis, vision problems, bladder, bowel problems Altered sensation, numbness, prickling, burning sensation... 

Herbaceous aquatic plants leaves without prickles flowers in globose clusters or dense cylindric spikes.Order Typhales... 

QUALITATIVE COMMENTS (with 90 mg) Distinct body awareness in an hour. The threshold is mostly physical. Faint sense of inside warmth, skin prickling, cold feet, loose bowels, anorexia. By the fifth hour, I was on the downslope, and in retrospect I found it good humored but not insightful. ... 

Prickle cell layer with membranecoating granules... 

Features Erect, smooth, angular, brown-spotted stem, two to three feet high. Leaves opposite, stalked, smooth, serrate, usually in three or five segments. Flowers (July to September) in terminal heads, small, tawny. Numerous seeds, four-cornered, reflexed prickles. Root tapering, many-fibred. 

Features Stem erect, freely branched, three or four feet high, covered with small, straight, slender prickles. Leaves stalked, pinnate, with two pairs of ovate leaflets and larger terminal leaflet, rounded base, doubly serrate, pale green above, grey-white down beneath, about three inches long by two inches broad. Small white, pendulous flowers (May or June) in simple clusters. Astringent to the taste. 

Chronic effects of arsenic poisoning include neurotoxic effects to the central and peripheral nervous systems. Symptoms include sensory changes, muscle sensitivity, prickling and tingling sensations (paresthesia), and muscle weakness. Liver injury is a common symptom of chronic arsenic poisoning. Studies of victims of chronic arsenic poisoning from contaminated drinking... 

Pyrethroids act as neurotoxins that cause excitation of the nervous system. Organisms may become hypersensitive to stimuli and experience paresthesia (abnormal sensations of burning or prickling of the skin). Tremors and salivation are common symptoms of mammals exposed to toxic levels of pyrethroids. 

Intermediate layer Prickle cell layer Basal layer... 

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