Person wakes up with pain, paresthesia, tingling of the arms. He had slept with arm below the head. Which fibres are involved?
Pressure on a nerve cause loss of conduction in large diameter motor, touch and pressure ie type A fibre while pain fibre c remains intact. Ref: Ganong&;s review of medical physiology; 23rd edition; pg:89.
Type A fibres
Type B
Type C (pain)
Type C (postganglionic)
Nervous system