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What is While getting blood pressure tested patient repos abnormal feeling in fingeips followed by involuntary spasm of fingers likely patient has and explain in detail?
Trousseaus sign can be seen in hypocalcemic tetany. There is spasm of muscles of upper extremity that causes flexion of wrist and thumb with extension of the fingers. It can be produced by occluding the circulation for a few minutes with a blood pressure cuff.Ref: Ganong&;s Review of medical physiology, 24th edition.Pg no.382