Skin crawling

For the past 7 months I have been experiencing crawling under my skin, primarily on my face on my nostrils. Could this be herpes?

[Bhupinder Kaur, MD]

Hello,
Such symptoms of skin crawling are called parasthesia. They are common in alcoholics and metabolic disorders like diabetes, hypothyroidism, and hypoparathyroidism. They can also be due to peripheral vascular disease, vitamin B12 deficiency or malnutrition.

Get your blood sugar and thyroid hormones levels evaluated. You can take some vit B12 for some days and see if the tingling is gone or not.

In case the symptoms persist then please consult a neurologist as it can be due to some neurological disorder. Hope it helps. Take care and please do keep me posted on how you are doing or if you have any additional queries. Kind regards.