unpleasant, painful, often painful sensations that do not have objective reasons for their occurrence (ascertained by objective methods of examination). Senestopathy can be localized both in internal organs and in the superficial areas of the body (in the skin, under the skin). Characteristic features of senestopathies:
1) Polymorphism (a variety of sensations: spasm, pressure, heat, burning, cold, bursting, pulsation, detachment, tears, bursting, stretching, twisting, tightening, friction, trembling, etc.);
2) Sensations are unusual, when formulating complaints, you often have to resort to figurative comparisons (“as if…”);
3) Sensations are unpleasant, burdensome, sometimes painful;
(4) In many cases, they are persistent, stubborn, and importunate;
5) Often there is a localization of sensations that is not characteristic of the symptoms of somatic or neurological diseases – indefinite, diffuse, bizarre, sometimes migratory.
The clinical picture of senestopathies in many respects echoes the modern concept of neuropathic pain.