O n the second day she reported that it felt like her entire foot was asleep. This would be an example of cortical remapping . The sensations only lasted about 10-15 minutes, sporadically throughout the day. A fter the tenth day the sensations started to disappear and by day 26 the phantom sensations lasted only a couple of seconds and there was no itchy sensation. This was a case of a phantom that disappeared within the space of one month.
Many phantoms persist for years in various degrees of severity.
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