After a patient experiences a stroke their sensations can also be influenced. This means survivors might not be able to feel touch, certain temperatures, or even when they hold an item in their hand. Instead, they feel like needles are touching them or in severe pain.
Since the feeling is gone the self-protection is as well. Therefore position of the arm should be changed and the temperature checked before engaging with it.
Mugs that are safe and isolated will help in this case.
To relearn sensory the following is helpful in the process:
-Vibration and applying pressure
-Touch of different surfaces
-Feeling different temperatures
-Feeling as many objects as possible
https://www.cuh.nhs.uk/patient-information/post-stroke-sensory-deficits-and-re-education/#:~:text=1