The phrase "a persistent sensation" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when describing a feeling or perception that continues over time, often in a medical or psychological context.
Example: "After the accident, she experienced a persistent sensation of pain in her lower back."
Alternatives: "an ongoing feeling" or "a continual perception."
The nerves are overstimulated and so cause a persistent sensation of pins and needles and muscle cramps.
More common, though, is what Dr. Lynne Jones, a child psychiatrist and disaster expert with the International Medical Corps, calls "earthquake shock," a persistent sensation that the earth is still shaking, which makes the heart race and causes chest pain.
Approximately 10-15% of the general population experiences a persistent sensation of tinnitus.
Burning mouth syndrome (BMS) is characterized by the presence of a persistent burning sensation of the oral mucosa in the absence of clinical or laboratory data to explain these symptoms [1, 2].
Even if afterward I have to settle for telling a story about how mystifying it is — this persistent sensation, of being unable to return to the swiftly receding past.
I would still rather have the choice, mark you, but, as this would appear to be being denied me, I am making the best of a bad job and looking on the bright side: I shall be free, at last, of that nagging, persistent sensation that I am, for the most part, surrounded by fucking idiots".
Spontaneous pain may result in the persistent sensation of burning, tingling, or aching and may be associated with thermally or mechanically provoked pain, resulting in hyperalgesia or allodynia.
1– 3 Spontaneous pain may result in the persistent sensation of burning, tingling, or aching and may be associated with thermally or mechanically provoked pain, resulting in hyperalgesia or allodynia.
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — In addition to facing Aaron Rodgers, Greg Jennings and the rest of the Green Bay Packers on Sunday, the Giants will also be forced to battle paresthesia, bronchoconstriction and a persistent though not necessarily overwhelming sensation that they have to urinate.
Individuals with head and neck cancer may present with any of a variety of symptoms, such as a persistent pain in the throat, a sensation of pain or difficulty when swallowing, jaw pain, a change in voice, persistent pain in the ear, a sore in the head and neck region that does not heal, bleeding in the mouth or the throat, double vision, or unexplained weight loss.
