2. Suffixes meaning
- phasia - esthesia
suffix used in the names suffix meaning condition
of speech disorders of feeling, perception, or
sensation
Aphasia Anesthesia
Dysphasia Paresthesia
Hyperesthesia
4. Aphasia
• Broca's aphasia –
people speak in short
meaningful phrases
that are produced with
great effort.
5. Aphasia
• Wernicke's aphasia –
people speak in long
sentences with no
meaning adding
unnecessary or made
up words.
6. Paresthesia
• An abnormal
condition with
sensation of burning,
numbness, tingling,
itching or prickling.
Most often occurs in
the extremities.
7. Paresthesia
• Orthopedic causes of paresthesia:
– Back or neck injury
– Bone fractures or a cast that is too tight
– Degenerative disk disease
– Herniated disk
– Nerve entrapment or nerve pressure such as
from carpal tunnel syndrome
– Osteoporosis
8. Paresthesia
• Neurological causes of paresthesia
– Alcoholism
– Arteriovenous malformation
– Brain tumor
– Encephalitis
– Heavy metal poisoning such as lead poisoning
– Multiple sclerosis
– Spinal cord injury or tumor
