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A neurological sensation where the brain still perceives an amputated limb as present, sometimes painfully.
means The persistent sensation that an amputated or missing limb is still attached and functioning, including feeling, position, or even pain in the absent body part.
from The medical term was coined by a 19th-century American neurologist who treated Civil War amputees and documented how vividly their missing arms and legs still 'felt' present — often with pain. 'Phantom' comes from Greek 'phantasma,' meaning an apparition or image conjured by the mind — apt for a limb that the brain keeps rendering even after the body has stopped supplying the file.
- itch problem
- you cannot scratch what is not there
- mirror therapy
- trick the brain with reflected real limb
- timing
- can start minutes after amputation
- map memory
- brain's body map outlives the body part