What Could be Causing Inability to Feel Temperature?

What Causes Inability To Feel Temperature?

Inability to feel temperature can have various causes, ranging in severity from 'worrying' to 'very serious'. Finding the true cause means ruling out or confirming each possibility – in other words, diagnosis.

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Diagnosis is usually a complex process due to the sheer number of possible causes and related symptoms. In order to diagnose inability to feel temperature, we could:

Research the topic
Find a doctor with the time
Use a diagnostic computer system.

The process is the same, whichever method is used.

Step 1: List all Possible Causes

We begin by identifying the disease conditions which have "inability to feel temperature" as a symptom. Here are three possibilities:

Multiple Sclerosis
Guillain-Barre Syndrome
Neuritis/Neuropathy

Step 2: Build a Symptom Checklist

We then identify all possible symptoms and risk factors of each possible cause, and check the ones that apply:

poor bodily coordination

some loss of muscle tone

not feeling injuries

increased sensitivity to touch

reduced sense of taste

slightly impaired ability to walk

mild facial burning/tingling

hand tremors

continuing significant limb numbness

loss of sense of touch

reduced sense of smell

numb/burning/tingling extremities

... and more than 20 others

Step 3: Rule Out or Confirm each Possible Cause

A differential diagnosis of your symptoms and risk factors finds the likely cause of inability to feel temperature:

Cause	Probability	Status
Guillain-Barre Syndrome	90%	Confirm
Neuritis/Neuropathy	30%	Unlikely
Multiple Sclerosis	3%	Ruled out

* This is a simple example to illustrate the process

Arriving at a Correct Diagnosis

The Analyst™ is our online diagnosis tool that learns all about you through a straightforward process of multi-level questioning, providing diagnosis at the end.

If you indicate unusual skin sensations, The Analyst™ will ask further questions including this one:

Do you have difficulty in telling (feeling) the difference between hot and cold?

Possible responses:

→ Don't know
→ No
→ A little difficulty / sometimes
→ Definitely / always

Based on your response to this question, which may indicate either being able to tell hot from cold or inability to tell hot from cold, The Analyst™ will consider possibilities such as:

Guillain-Barre Syndrome

Multiple Sclerosis

Neuritis/Neuropathy

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