What Is Phantom Limb?

For many people who have had a limb amputated, the sensation of something actually being there causes a lot of distress which results in the continuation of experiencing phantom limb. Phantom limb is described by many people a tingly, burning, numbness, and itching sensation. Sometimes even the change in weather or temperature can counteract the phantom limb. The characteristics of phantom pain can be placed into four domains. (1) The intensity of the pain; (2) frequency of the episodes; (3) duration and sensation of each episode; (4) pain description. Peripheral changes, like nociceptive input from residual limb, is viewed as important when determining the factors of phantom limb pain. The evidence to support this view is by the high correlation