Phantom limb pain (PLP) refers to ongoing painful sensations that seem to be coming from the part of the limb that is no longer there. true or false?

A phantom limb is the sensation that an amputated or missing limb (even an organ, like the appendix) is still attached to the body and is moving appropriately with other body parts. Approximately 60 to 80% of individuals with an amputation experience phantom sensations in their amputated limb, and the majority of the sensations are painful. Phantom sensations may also occur after the removal of body parts other than the limbs, e.g. after amputation of the breast, extraction of a tooth (phantom tooth pain) or removal of an eye (phantom eye syndrome)

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William Laughlin

I'm surprised there weren't more correct answers! This one was far too easy. As a note to QuizzClub; let's do away with the Yes/No, True/False, two choice questions. They tend to be unchallenging and overly simplistic.

JC Brobeck

as a double amputee this is absolutely without a doubt TRUE

lady draggon

Not much effort put into the answer and also fully agree with William Laughlin

✨KRISTA✨

flanderschristy, Better yet, how 🤔 can you feel pain in an "amputated" limb? Wouldn't the correct word be "stump"... the amputated limb is long gone!

Treffer 1

William Laughlin, I agree!

flanderschristy

I knew the answer to this question because I've experienced it myself. How can you scratch an itch on a limb that is no longer there? Think about it.

Darrell Cole

i have phantom pain. My left leg was amputated in 2007. The only thing I have found that'll lessen or get rid of the pain is CBD oil, which I get from my tobacconist

Charles J. Russell III

I got it

deborahpmercer

Alas, all too true. Dad was an amputee and tormented by it.

wordster

Bob Alexander, one of the few things that has no bearing on global warming. Are we to infer that you, like the Mango Mussolini think it's some kind of Chinese hoax? If so, then you probably need all the simplistic questions you can find, 'cuz climate change ain't one of them. Did I see you in the movie Dave, playing the villain with the same name?