Phantom Limb Syndrome, Involved Neurological Mechanisms and Case Description in Affected Patient

Abstract

A case of a 27-year-old male patient is described, in which at the age of 14 his life completely changed. While trying to catch a kite, the young man received an electrical shock that caused him to lose most of his legs and left arm. "During the electrical discharge, it felt like I was exploding, it was like my whole body was being pierced, I felt like I was cracking and the shock was detonating everything. " He was hospitalized in serious condition, underwent more than 10 surgeries and remained in the hospital for more than two months until returning home, in Campos dos Goytacazes, in Rio de Janeiro. ¹. Currently, the patient still continues to experience stimuli in the amputated regions, such as pain, cold and heat, which in medicine is known as phantom limb syndrome.