Strange Sensation (Tingling, Chills) on One Side of Body

[JustaCuriousCat]

For the past 3 or 4 years, I have had a strange sensation that I can only describe as the tingling sensation one gets when one gets the chills. It used to affect just a small part of my face, and only happened maybe once every five months. But just in this year alone, it's happened at least twice a day nearly everyday...some days it doesn't happen, though.

It's also increased in range. It starts at the top of my head and ends at my elbow...so I feel it on my head, my face, and my arm, and it's only on the right side. It never happens to the left. What is going on? I don't want to go to the doctor if it's nothing to worry about...I'm trying to save up every penny I can so I can get my own home and no longer live in an apartment, so I don't want to spend money if it's not exactly necessary.

[appleorchard]

I stopped getting tingling of my face when we got rid of our aluminum cookware.  Your tingling sounds more pervasive so I don't know if my experience is helpful.  But some cooking pots and many baking dishes are aluminum, now known to be harmful.

[Dr. Kokil Mathur]

Hi!
What you have is probably Scalene Myofascial Pain Syndrome. When scalene muscle is the cause of pain, the pain is referred from neck to (either all or a combination of) chest, inner lining of scapula (shoulder bone), shoulder, posterior and lateral sides of the arm right up to the thumb and index finger. When this muscle shortens, this can press on brachial plexus (bundle of nerves and blood vessels in the armpit) and the subclavian artery and can compress or irritate these structures and cause symptoms such as abnormal sensation, cold extremity, spasms of pain, and lymphedema (swelling of lymph channels causing swelling of arm or leg) in the involved extremity. Treatment is by physiotherapy that involves indentifying the trigger points, and massaging them, and other exercises to relieve the muscle tension.
The other possibility is a pinched cerical spinal nerve.
Since a confirmed diagnosis cannot be given on net please consult your doctor regarding this. Hope this helps. Take care!

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