Skin very sensitive to the touch

[JamieA76]

I have been experiencing very strange skin sensitivity for the last 3 weeks or so.  It all started with one little spot on my ribcage about the size of a softball.  The skin felt very sensitive and had like a "sunburned" feel to it - it especially bothered me when my shirt would rub up against it a certain way.  Well, it eventually spread around to my whole rib cage area and was very bothersome.  Some days the feeling would be worse than others.  It seemed that each day the feeling would slowly move upwards and eventually the feeling was all around my breasts making it extremely difficult to wear a bra.  It slowly went away for almost 2 days but then the same feeling came back but this time it was on the underside of my forearm.  Same exact feeling, just a different location. It also all of a sudden appeared on one little spot on my foot and also on my pelvic bone area.  Currently, it is bothering me really bad on my lower abdomen and the top of my buttocks, all the way around my body.  The feeling seems to be more intense on the left side of my body though.  Again, it feels very sensitive to the touch, almost like I have been sunburned and it really bothers me when my clothes brush up against it.   There is absolutely no redness, bumps or lesions of any kind.  The pain doesn't feel very deep either, it is just on the skin.  

Now I don't know if this is related to the strange skin sensitivity or not but about 4 days ago I started feeling this really weird sensation behind my left eye.  It almost feels like I have to strain to move my eyeball to the left and when I do, I kind of have a dizzy feeling.  I know this all sounds really weird but I feel like I have started to fall apart since the new year rang in!  I have always been a perfectly healthy individual.  I'm a 31 year old female, have 2 young healthy boys and am married.  I have no stress in my life whatsoever so I know this is not related to stress.  I have a dr's appt tomorrow morning at 8:30 but I wanted to know if anyone has heard of these weird sensations or know what it could possibly be?   Thanks for any help you can provide...

Jamie

[BetseyP]

Hi,
I have had this off and on for 30 years.  I don't think it's "just" anxiety or stress.  I am leaning towards the herpes connection, but have had no connection with other people being sick while I have these patches of painful skin.  I think this deserves more study.  Thanks, but I'm not going to quit looking for answers.
Betsey

[mmfiore]

I too have just started having a stange pain on my right inner thigh of my leg. There is a thin strip of skin maybe 2 inches wide that has become sensitive to the touch. It feels like sunburn. I can see no rash of any kind. When warm water is on it it is soothing but if I touch it or the seam of my pants brushes against it it burns like sunburn. When nothing rubs against it there is no pain at all. It has been like this for about a week now. Anyone know what the heck this is?

[carol5798]

My husband has been having skin sensitivity on his stomach area and the inside of his leg near his groin for about a week now.  Also had a strange rash-looked like spider bite with some blistering.  Read you site and believe that it is shingles.  Here's the site that was referenced: http://www.medicinenet.com/shingles/article.htm
Also check out this site for natural relief with apple cider vinegar: http://www.****.com/CURES/shingles.html#ACV_69333
Thanks everybody for your input!!  It's a relief to have an answer!

[CavendishCharlie]

My girl friend who I have not been with for very long had a cold sore, I've never had one before & have inevitably contracted the herpes simplex virus. As it is the initial infection I had painful ulcers on my throat, tongue & gums which lasted a week & I now have the strange sensation on my skin in various places on my upper body similar to that described here by others. I assume it is just a side effect of the virus making itself at home in my central nervous system where it will apparently reside for the rest of my life :)

[JohnHarren]

I've had this for the past 5 years.  My theory is it is some mutation of herpes type 2 that I've had all my life.  I say this because when this sunburn, half of my head and body feeling first started happening, it coincided with the time my cold sores went away.  These spells have the same type of onset cold sores would have, the onset, the peak, and the recovery.  It is as if the herpes virus changed how it presents itself, changing from the cold sores I've had all my life, to this new, internal manifestation.  I could be totally wrong, but I'm all out of ideas.  I'm thinking of going to a natropath because I've given up on other doctors.

[spogmay]

Hey, will u.guide me coz I feel pain all over skin of my tummy n really want to get rid of it bt I think its reason might b my chronic constipation
What is Ms n how yoga can help it?
Any cd for yoga ? Which postures etc
I'm 24 years old and 12 weeks pregnant
Don't know which Dr to go coz they never understand what I'm going through

I wish if u could help me