A translation of the article Formication to Mini

Muravi-senti

Muravi-senti a senti ke i sama a mini inseto en-i retili en (u unda) pele ven nulo o vere e da. Si a besonde figura de junta de senti de-i savi sama pin-senti, ke i kon a ma medi pin-senti senti de-i savi sama pin an pin. Muravi-senti a mui note-dalili maladi-sino ke i ave a mui rason. Name i veni de “formica”, latin name go muravi.

Si-uno i kan viva-savi o some tempo a muravi-senti sama mui-vole-neso, pika-senti, pin an pin, fogo u duka, ankora. Ven muravi-senti e viva-savi sama mui-vole-neso, si i kan ato-begin a momen-reaki de raso, an, ka de di, some man ke i viva-savi a senti e en danja de en-i rason a pele inja via mui raso.

En some evento, para eleki i kan atira a aero-mini-peso go pele an i kan rason o an ke bodi pelo i move, en-i dona a senti sama inseto en-i retili en pele. Tamen en mui evento, a no eki ato-begin go senti.

En raro evento, man i veni de en-savi ke senti e ka de esi de vere inseto en u unda pele. So maladi-man i ave ke ke e savi sama mentira-keredo nulo-ego-ereki-esi-maladi. Si-ale i keredi ke si-ale pele e domo, u unda dona-duka, de mini inseto u sama nulo-ego-ereki-esi, tamen gen meno-vori de mendika-man, inseto regula guru an inseto-siensa-man.

Tari

Muravi-senti e name-tari-siensa veni de latin name “formica”, en-i sinifi a “muravi”, esato ka de di sama en senti go da de retili inseto. Man i ave en uti a name go mui sento de ano. En repare-vari de 1797 de Encyclopædia Britannica (britan savi-suma-buku), pone-name de ruja-rondo-radika-veji-maladi i kon a maladi-sino:

…muravi-senti, u senti de muravi u ota mini inseto en-i retili en peso.

De-i pone-name o gen en edu note de 1890:

Vari de mui-vole-neso, de-i deteki o mui en pele-sofio-maladi, a muravi-senti; di e pone-name sama en-i retili de mui de animale supa pele. Si e ka de kipa ruja-veni de ansio-fiba mini-viva-fiba en pele. Ven maladi-man, ke i duka a si, i go veni de en-savi o misi ke si e no ka inseto. En-i sumete a atira de en-i raso i veni-meno-bon o tuju a maladi.

Formication

Formication is the sensation resembling that of small insects crawling on (or under) the skin when nothing is actually there. It is one specific form of a set of sensations known as paresthesias, which also include the more common prickling, tingling sensation known as pins and needles. Formication is a well-documented symptom which has numerous possible causes. The word is derived from “formica”, the Latin word for ant.

Formication may sometimes be experienced as feelings of itchiness, tingling, pins and needles, burning, or even pain. When formication is perceived as itchiness, it may trigger the scratch reflex, and, because of this, some people who experience the sensation are at risk of causing skin damage through excessive scratching.

In some cases, static electricity can attract particulates to the skin and can also cause body hair to move, giving a sensation like insects crawling over the skin. However, in many cases no external trigger creates the sensation.

In rare cases, individuals become convinced the sensation is due to the presence of real insects on or under the skin. Such patients have what is known as delusional parasitosis. They believe their skin is inhabited by, or under attack by, small insects or similar parasites, despite repeated reassurances from physicians, pest control experts, and entomologists.

History

Formication is etymologically derived from the Latin word “formica”, meaning “ant”, precisely because of this similarity in sensation to that of crawling insects. The term has been in use for several hundred years. In the 1797 edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica, a description of the condition raphania includes the symptom:

…a formication, or sensation as of ants or other small insects creeping on the parts.

Described again in an instructional text from 1890:

A variety of itching, often encountered in the eczema of elderly people, is formication; this is described as exactly like the crawling of myriads of animals over the skin. It is probably due to the successive irritation of nerve fibrils in the skin. At times patients who suffer from it will scarcely be persuaded that it is not due to insects. Yielding to the temptation to scratch invariably makes the disease worse.

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