In less severe cases where small digits are amputated, the sensation can be described as a tingling feeling as opposed to a painful sensation. Pathophysiology
The neurological basis and mechanisms for phantom limb pain are all derived from experimental theories and observations. Little is known about the true mechanism causing phantom pains, and many theories highly overlap. Historically, phantom pains were thought to originate from neuromas located at the stump tip. Traumatic neuromas, or non-tumor nerve injuries, often arise from surgeries and result from the abnormal growth of injured nerve fibers. Although stump neuromas contribute to phantom pains, they are not the sole cause. This is because patients with congenital limb deficiency can sometimes, although rarely, experience phantom pains. This suggests that there is a central representation of the limb responsible for painful sensations. Currently, theories are based on altered neurological pathways and cortical reorganization. Peripheral mechanisms
Neuromas formed from injured nerve endings at the stump site are able to fire abnormal action potentials, and were historically thought to be the main cause of phantom limb pain. Although neuromas are able to contribute to phantom pain, pain is not completely eliminated when peripheral nerves are treated with conduction blocking agents. Physical stimulation of neuromas can increase C fiber activity, thus increasing phantom pain, but pain still persists once the neuromas have ceased firing action potentials. The peripheral nervous system is thought to have at most a modulation effect on phantom limb pain.
Flushing may refer to:

Places
Flushing, Cornwall, a village in the United Kingdom
Flushing, Queens, New York City
Flushing Bay, a bay off the north shore of Queens
Flushing Chinatown (法拉盛華埠), a community in Queens
Flushing Meadows, a park in Queens which includes multiple venue, such as the location of the US Open tennis tournament
Flushing River, in Queens
Flushing, Michigan, a city in Genesee County
Flushing, Netherlands, an English name for the city of Vlissingen, Netherlands
Flushing, Ohio, a village in Belmont County
The Flushing, a building in Suffolk, England
Flushing Township, Belmont County, Ohio
Flushing Township, Michigan

Other uses
Flushing (military tactic), related to skirmishing
Flushing (physiology), the warm, red condition of human skin
Flushing dog, a hunting dog
Flushing hydrant, a device to flush water mains
Flushing Remonstrance, a demand for religious liberty made to Peter Stuyvesant, the Governor of the Dutch colony of New Netherland, in 1657

See also

Vlissingen (disambiguation), also called "Flushing"
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