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

[babygurl69stevo]

i have been having this sunburned feeling on the left side hip area it goes from the left pelvic, to left hip, and around the left back side..... it is all as one not in separate spots of my body but it hurts when its being rubbed against, it hurts when i put my finger lightly over it and i dont have to be touching it and i feel the pain... it feels warmer on that side, and it looks more swollen then the right side does? i am 23 with 2 healthy baby gurls marriage bound in bout 8 months and ... really not all that stressed at the moment, but this has happened to me before in the same spot and i donno if i should take it to get checked right away or? but it hurts and i just want it gone i can bearly sit on my left side cuz of it.......

[LavaD]

Hello, a few weeks ago a started to feel sensitivity to my left pinky. Hurt to the touch. It started spreading to my upper arm on the left side. I am experiencing sharp pains in my arms almost like growing pains but very hurtful. My clothing hurt my skin. There is no sunburn, no bruising, or any thin visual. It spread to my shoulder and back on the left side where it s very persistant and than a nerve in the middle of my left back side behind the shoulder blade. If I nod my head down pain shoots down my spine. Also I feel tight, not loose, stretching hurts too. My left arm also has weakness. Caring groceries shot pain from the top of my shoulder through the left side of my neck, stopping at my ear.I always have fatigue for the past 12 years so that isn't anything new but its suppose to be thyroid, I don't believe this to be hormonal. I'm curious if this could be a sympton of some kind of cancer, but not one person on here has mentioned it. I want this to go away, I work and have no insurance coverage and I have a family. I'm 30 years old and usually healthy if not tired all the time. I want this sunburn sensation to go away, for every one too.

[Cavey]

Hi

I am 46 years old and have exactly the same for 3 years. In my case I know the cause. Stress does play a part but it is caused by muscles in my back. I caused it to myself. I used to run and developed a minor issue with a trapped nerve. This was fixed quite easily but then someone said I should try core stability when I went running. I used to be a keen distance runner. Part of this was to brace my abs up to support my back. Cut a long story short after 3 weeks of doing this my upper legs were on fire after a run and the tingling / burning feeling has never gone away. I may go for a day or so but when I get stressed the muscles tighten and the tingling / burning come back. When I am totally relaxed it goes but does not take much to come back. I’ve seen the specialists who say they sometimes see this in rear end crashes when whiplash victims back muscles get stressed but I am the first one they have met who did it to himself. Some exercise do help but if I am stressed it’s like flicking a switch. My little girl once jumped out at me to “surprise daddy” and I could actually feel the muscles switch on and the burning come back. Hope this helps someone.

[uncle_V_]

I left a post on 9/8/11. Since then my "sunburn" has gone. Vanished. Credit for this goes to all of you with your descriptions, symptoms, and search for cure. Because after reading all post, I figured this problem had to be stress related. I remember my own scenario that day when I got so mad I felt a hot flash run down my brain stem. It felt like a electrical charge zapping the base of my skull. The following day I began to fell this burning across my chest and back. A normal sunburn comes about when skin is damaged and nerve endings suffer. Of course, this will get back to normal when the nerves have a chance to regenerate. So I ask myself why can't my nerve endings get back to normal this time, too. One of the post recommended B-12 and it seemed logical. In addition, I'm on guard now against stress. Every day I set aside time to relax and think about pleasant things. I try to hang out with people who make me laugh. And feel good. Some of those posting above complain about long term problems with this sunburning.  I would suggest those folks examine their daily routine to make sure, absolutely sure, that full blown stress isn't creeping into your life.
     So I'll be taking B-12 and relaxing more than ever. And I realize that we are all different, reacting differently, genes are different, so what effects one might not be noticed by another. So be attentive to what's going on. And I hope you all can figure something out. Good luck.

[Medfree622]

Suppose I should have read all of the postings before replying to one!

1. I also had chickenpox as a child.
2. Have also developed a "fever blister" during times of stress.
3. Felt a fever blister forming Sunday night, just before waking up with a cold in my chest on Monday morning.
4. Have also been extremely stressed lately.

So these contribute to my belief that it is connected to herpes simplex or the coxacci (?) virus. ( Lysine has always either stopped the fever blister or shortened the length of time I had it. )

I do believe that "fibromyalgia" is a genuine condition, but I think that everyone has some type of "condition."  It's best to do the best you can from day to day to learn to manage your pain as best you can.  See the doctor whenever you feel there's a need.  When you're told all the tests are normal, thank God that you've not been diagnosed with cancer.  Make yourself find something to do that gets your mind off yourself.

[Medfree622]

I'm 62 years old and have noticed these symptoms off and on throughout my lifetime--most often it has presented on the right or left middle section of my back.  However, about 4 days ago I developed some flu-like symptoms and have spent the last few days mostly in the bed--yesterday, both side of my ribcage (front) began to demonstrate symptoms.  I took a hot bath and used "Kool and Fit" immediately after drying off.  This seemed to help, but by late evening the same symptoms presented on the backside of my ribcage (both sides).  I really feel that it is possibility that being in the bed so long may have triggered this--possibly a bad position and a low immune system.