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Prickly feeling & burning sensation

I am 48 years old. About three months ago I felt pins and needles on my left leg, I have had MRI scan on lumbar spine & sacral and the blood test, all came normal. However, for the last three weeks I have been having prickly feeling and burning sensation continuously on my left leg and left arms. I go to gym three times a week and I consider myself fit for my age. I am really concerned with this development. I have been referred to see a neurologist but it’s a long wait. Can somebody please advise whether it’s something sinister?

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Pursue Lyme disease. You'll probably get a diagnosis of guillian-barre syndrome or lupus or MS. don't settle for that. You'll probably test negative for Lyme also because general practice doctors test western blot Elsa,  this test is not sensitive enough to pick up the smaller strains of lyme or the co-infections. You'll need a lyme specialist to rule it out. Good luck.  
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Thank you for your responses Terri and  Dr Srivastava.

I have further question to Dr Srivastava. Unfortunately, the prickly feeling and burning sensation have now expanded to my right leg and right arm as well. I saw two Neurologists last week and they both examined me thoroughly (eyes, sensations test etc, not used EMG or EEG) and ruled out possible MS, Motor Neurone or Brain Tumour, though referred me for MRI on brain and spine for peace of my mind. I am really very anxious and this makes the situation even worse. One of the Neurologist prescribed me with Amitriptyline 5mg, which I am currently taking. Should I really be worried?

Thank you in advance
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Hi, Thank you for your question. Although without being able to examine you I can not offer you the specific advice on diagnosis and treatment that you need, but I would try to provide you some relevant information about your health concern.

Burning sensation, numbness or tingling sensation in any part of body is usually considered nerve related in origin. This burning sensation you are having can occur due to impingement, irritation or compression of nerve of arm and leg. It may occur due to injury to nerve either due to deformity or along its path to thigh by any ligament or tendon stretch, excessive tight clothing, diabetic neuropathy or damage to nerve after any surgery etc. As you noticed continuous weakness and notice reduced strength of muscle bulk in arm, I would advise a neurologist consultation in this regard who would like to order CT scan of cervical spine, blood sugar levels, and EMG to check out abnormal muscle responses. Hope this information proves helpful to you. Take care.
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911669 tn?1294099188
Hello,

Welcome to the forum.  I am sorry to hear you are having these symptoms.  It can be very stressful waiting to see a physician.

I would start keeping a (diary of symptoms or history) at this time, so you can give this to your neurologist.

I would like to refer you to the top right-hand corner of the page for the forum's "Health Pages."  There is a tremendous amount of information in these pages.

Also under your applications area, there are several areas where you can keep track of symptoms i.e. trackers, journals, notes, and "my health records."  These are some great tools.

There are a lot of us here on the forum with similar symptoms.  

I wish the best for you!

terri

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