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Missempfindungen

English translation: discomfort / sensory disturbances

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German term or phrase:Missempfindungen
English translation:discomfort / sensory disturbances
Entered by: Trudy Peters

22:37 Aug 7, 2007
German to English translations [PRO]
Medical - Medical (general) / drawing blood
German term or phrase: Missempfindungen
Die Nadel, die zum Durchführen der Apherese in die Vene eingestochen wird, kann zunächst Schmerzen verursachen. Zudem kann sich an der Einstichstelle ein Bluterguss bilden. [....]
Wegen **Missempfindungen**, die auf neurologische Faktoren zurückgehen, oder wegen eines Abfalls des Blutdrucks kann es zudem zu einem Ohnmachtsanfall kommen.
Trudy Peters
United States
Local time: 18:45
discomfort
Explanation:
patient may faint as a result of a drop in blood pressure or (as a result of) discomfort caused by n. factors.

what the context suggests to me

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Cilian O'Tuama
Germany
Local time: 00:45
Grading comment
Thank you very much, Cilian. I also like "sensory disturbances," but can only award points to one person. Thanks to everybody who contributed.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
3 +4paresthesia,
Z.E. Ball
2 +3discomfort
Cilian O'Tuama


  

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55 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5 peer agreement (net): +3
Missempfindung(en)
discomfort


Explanation:
patient may faint as a result of a drop in blood pressure or (as a result of) discomfort caused by n. factors.

what the context suggests to me

?

Cilian O'Tuama
Germany
Local time: 00:45
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 440
Grading comment
Thank you very much, Cilian. I also like "sensory disturbances," but can only award points to one person. Thanks to everybody who contributed.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Siegfried Armbruster
5 hrs
agree  MMUlr: In the EN-DE direction, I choose rather often "Missempfindungen" for discomfort (in other contexts also "Beschwerden").
7 hrs
agree  Steffen Walter
8 hrs
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16 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +4
paresthesia,


Explanation:
paraesthesia (British)
http://www.morbus-hodgkin.de/infoserv/engl_p.htm

..like pins and needles (prickly sensation) or numbness

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Note added at 46 mins (2007-08-07 23:24:07 GMT)
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http://www.gesundheit.de/roche/
Miss|empfindung
dysesthesia

Dys-, Parästhesie.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paresthesia

Have also found that

"sensory disturbances"

is also widely spread....and might fit here.

www.medhelp.org/forums/neuro/messages/33708.html

www.wrongdiagnosis.com/sym/sensations.htm



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Note added at 10 hrs (2007-08-08 08:41:18 GMT)
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http://www.mhb.ie/mhb/OurServices/PoliciesProceduresGuidelin...

"Blood Sampling by Venepuncture.....
5.15 The patient should be observed throughout the procedure for any signs of parasthesia, fainting or dizziness."

"Obtaining blood samples using the Monovette System.....
5.2.4 Prepare the patient – have them sitting in a chair or lying flat on a trolley or a bed The patient should be observed throughout the procedure for any signs of parasthesia, fainting or dizziness"

Z.E. Ball
Local time: 00:45
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Ana Krämer
24 mins
  -> Thanks for the support!
agree  Bjørn Anthun: yes, except 'paresthesia' would be 'Parästhesien', so I would use 'abnormal (nerve) sensations' for 'Missempfindungen'
4 hrs
  -> good point...thanks
neutral  Siegfried Armbruster: Ich glaube nicht, dass es in dem Kontext um Dys- oder Parästhesien geht.
6 hrs
  -> see additional reference
agree  casper (X)
12 hrs
  -> the links are all there....
agree  Anne Schulz: with Renate -- but I think you are right in that the sentence probably refers to secondary phenomena (e.g. due to hyperventilation) rather than to discomfort by the venipuncture itself (which is covered by "...zunächst Schmerzen verursachen").
14 hrs
  -> thanks
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