can paraesthesia be referred?
Referred pain-Paresthesia (Pins and Needles). Paresthesia (or paraesthesia) is the medical term given to pins and needles. The term aesthesia comes from the Greek word aisthesis, meaning sensation; para means beside (or parallel).araesthesia can also be caused pressure on the spinal cord itself (specifically, pressure on the dura mater, the outer-most sheath, or meninx, of the spinal cord); a number of spinal conditions can lead to this.