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tingly, prickly feeling all over
Hello,
My problem started about a month ago when I noticed pins and needles/tingly feeling in bottom of feet. During that week it spread to my legs, along w/ pains in my legs, and to my arms, hands, face, and head. I am new to this town so I didn't have a GP, so I went to the ER and they ran CBC and urine test...they tested for everything they could. Also did heart monitor, EKG, pulsox, etc. Everything came back 100% normal. So, I went to see a GP finally and she ordered MRI of head, Cspine and Tspine w/ and w/out contrast...absolutely nothing abnormal on any of the tests. That is good, except now in the places that used to tingle a little now feel sorta prickly...and now I also feel a hot or burning sensation in places on my arms, hands and sometimes legs and face. People are passing me off as anxiety or hormones, but I just don't know about that - I'm 28 y/o female. Anyone have any ideas??
My problem started about a month ago when I noticed pins and needles/tingly feeling in bottom of feet. During that week it spread to my legs, along w/ pains in my legs, and to my arms, hands, face, and head. I am new to this town so I didn't have a GP, so I went to the ER and they ran CBC and urine test...they tested for everything they could. Also did heart monitor, EKG, pulsox, etc. Everything came back 100% normal. So, I went to see a GP finally and she ordered MRI of head, Cspine and Tspine w/ and w/out contrast...absolutely nothing abnormal on any of the tests. That is good, except now in the places that used to tingle a little now feel sorta prickly...and now I also feel a hot or burning sensation in places on my arms, hands and sometimes legs and face. People are passing me off as anxiety or hormones, but I just don't know about that - I'm 28 y/o female. Anyone have any ideas??
PLEASE READ I AM CURED!!
My life is FINALLY back to normal, Thank you god!!
Here is my story!
Starting back in August of last year, I started getting an itching/prickling sensation all over my hands and feet. Sometimes I would even get them on my legs, back and face and this went on for 8 months. I didn’t know what to do, this annoying sensation was disrupting my life. I couldn’t focus at work, home or school because of the itching/pricking/needle feeling all over my body. It would even occur at night or while in the bed. I was losing it people…I went through 8 months of torture. After trying tea tree old, taking bleach baths, using all types of ointments, sulfur baths etc NOTHING seem to work. I even thought I had scabies or some type of bug that crawled under my skin and laid eggs. I even though it was fleas…so we hired carpet cleaning people to steam clean our carpet up to 200 degrees, we even hired several pest control people to come out and spray. My husband and I spent 1000s of dollars but nothing was working. Oh I forgot to mention that my husband was not having the itching problem, it was only me! Well we sold our house and got rid of all our furniture because of the annoying sensation I was having. I prayed everyday asking the lord to help me and after moving into our apartment something hit me!! I thought that I should go to a dermatologist even though I read many stories online saying that dermatologist are no help…Well I went to the dermatologist and he asked me several questions:
1. Do I take long HOT bathes? Yes
2. What kind of soaps do I use? I said dove
3. Do I moisturize my skin after getting out of the tub? No
4. Does the itchy/prickling sensations come when I turn the heat on? Yes
5. Does it happen more at night? Yes
6. Does the itching occur when your body over heats? Yes
The dermatologist told me that the HOT HOT water from the bathes I take has dried my skin completely out. He said this is what’s causes the pricking/itchy sensation. He said that my skin is cracking and it cracks a lot more when my body over heats. He then told me what to use to get rid of the prickling sensation and was 100% sure that it will work. He said that my skin needs moisture and recommend I use CeraVe Moisturizing Cream at night after I get out of the shower and in the morning for 1 whole month. He said when you get out of the shower, rub the cream all over your body, Head to Toe. Then do it in the morning before you go outside. Doing this will put moisture back into your skin and restore it. It took 1 week for this cream to work on me!!! Here it is a month later and I haven’t felt any type of prickling sensation or anything.
I don’t know if this will help everyone but it sure did help me. You can buy the CerVe at Walmart or Walgreens, its in a white jar. Rub it all over your body and stay away from HOT HOT bathes. Take only warm bathes. HOT bathes try your skin out…the dermatologist says HOT water KILLS your skin and a lot of people don’t know that. CeraVe is safe to use, it’s like a lotion so you can use it everyday all day if you like.
My life is FINALLY back to normal, Thank you god!!
Here is my story!
Starting back in August of last year, I started getting an itching/prickling sensation all over my hands and feet. Sometimes I would even get them on my legs, back and face and this went on for 8 months. I didn’t know what to do, this annoying sensation was disrupting my life. I couldn’t focus at work, home or school because of the itching/pricking/needle feeling all over my body. It would even occur at night or while in the bed. I was losing it people…I went through 8 months of torture. After trying tea tree old, taking bleach baths, using all types of ointments, sulfur baths etc NOTHING seem to work. I even thought I had scabies or some type of bug that crawled under my skin and laid eggs. I even though it was fleas…so we hired carpet cleaning people to steam clean our carpet up to 200 degrees, we even hired several pest control people to come out and spray. My husband and I spent 1000s of dollars but nothing was working. Oh I forgot to mention that my husband was not having the itching problem, it was only me! Well we sold our house and got rid of all our furniture because of the annoying sensation I was having. I prayed everyday asking the lord to help me and after moving into our apartment something hit me!! I thought that I should go to a dermatologist even though I read many stories online saying that dermatologist are no help…Well I went to the dermatologist and he asked me several questions:
1. Do I take long HOT bathes? Yes
2. What kind of soaps do I use? I said dove
3. Do I moisturize my skin after getting out of the tub? No
4. Does the itchy/prickling sensations come when I turn the heat on? Yes
5. Does it happen more at night? Yes
6. Does the itching occur when your body over heats? Yes
The dermatologist told me that the HOT HOT water from the bathes I take has dried my skin completely out. He said this is what’s causes the pricking/itchy sensation. He said that my skin is cracking and it cracks a lot more when my body over heats. He then told me what to use to get rid of the prickling sensation and was 100% sure that it will work. He said that my skin needs moisture and recommend I use CeraVe Moisturizing Cream at night after I get out of the shower and in the morning for 1 whole month. He said when you get out of the shower, rub the cream all over your body, Head to Toe. Then do it in the morning before you go outside. Doing this will put moisture back into your skin and restore it. It took 1 week for this cream to work on me!!! Here it is a month later and I haven’t felt any type of prickling sensation or anything.
I don’t know if this will help everyone but it sure did help me. You can buy the CerVe at Walmart or Walgreens, its in a white jar. Rub it all over your body and stay away from HOT HOT bathes. Take only warm bathes. HOT bathes try your skin out…the dermatologist says HOT water KILLS your skin and a lot of people don’t know that. CeraVe is safe to use, it’s like a lotion so you can use it everyday all day if you like.
PLEASE READ I AM CURED!!
My life is FINALLY back to normal, Thank you god!!
Here is my story!
Starting back in August of last year, I started getting an itching/prickling sensation all over my hands and feet. Sometimes I would even get them on my legs, back and face and this went on for 8 months. I didn’t know what to do, this annoying sensation was disrupting my life. I couldn’t focus at work, home or school because of the itching/pricking/needle feeling all over my body. It would even occur at night or while in the bed. I was losing it people…I went through 8 months of torture. After trying tea tree old, taking bleach baths, using all types of ointments, sulfur baths etc NOTHING seem to work. I even thought I had scabies or some type of bug that crawled under my skin and laid eggs. I even though it was fleas…so we hired carpet cleaning people to steam clean our carpet up to 200 degrees, we even hired several pest control people to come out and spray. My husband and I spent 1000s of dollars but nothing was working. Oh I forgot to mention that my husband was not having the itching problem, it was only me! Well we sold our house and got rid of all our furniture because of the annoying sensation I was having. I prayed everyday asking the lord to help me and after moving into our apartment something hit me!! I thought that I should go to a dermatologist even though I read many stories online saying that dermatologist are no help…Well I went to the dermatologist and he asked me several questions:
1. Do I take long HOT bathes? Yes
2. What kind of soaps do I use? I said dove
3. Do I moisturize my skin after getting out of the tub? No
4. Does the itchy/prickling sensations come when I turn the heat on? Yes
5. Does it happen more at night? Yes
6. Does the itching occur when your body over heats? Yes
The dermatologist told me that the HOT HOT water from the bathes I take has dried my skin completely out. He said this is what’s causes the pricking/itchy sensation. He said that my skin is cracking and it cracks a lot more when my body over heats. He then told me what to use to get rid of the prickling sensation and was 100% sure that it will work. He said that my skin needs moisture and recommend I use CeraVe Moisturizing Cream at night after I get out of the shower and in the morning for 1 whole month. He said when you get out of the shower, rub the cream all over your body, Head to Toe. Then do it in the morning before you go outside. Doing this will put moisture back into your skin and restore it. It took 1 week for this cream to work on me!!! Here it is a month later and I haven’t felt any type of prickling sensation or anything.
I don’t know if this will help everyone but it sure did help me. You can buy the CerVe at Walmart or Walgreens, its in a white jar. Rub it all over your body and stay away from HOT HOT bathes. Take only warm bathes. HOT bathes try your skin out…the dermatologist says HOT water KILLS your skin and a lot of people don’t know that. CeraVe is safe to use, it’s like a lotion so you can use it everyday all day if you like.
My life is FINALLY back to normal, Thank you god!!
Here is my story!
Starting back in August of last year, I started getting an itching/prickling sensation all over my hands and feet. Sometimes I would even get them on my legs, back and face and this went on for 8 months. I didn’t know what to do, this annoying sensation was disrupting my life. I couldn’t focus at work, home or school because of the itching/pricking/needle feeling all over my body. It would even occur at night or while in the bed. I was losing it people…I went through 8 months of torture. After trying tea tree old, taking bleach baths, using all types of ointments, sulfur baths etc NOTHING seem to work. I even thought I had scabies or some type of bug that crawled under my skin and laid eggs. I even though it was fleas…so we hired carpet cleaning people to steam clean our carpet up to 200 degrees, we even hired several pest control people to come out and spray. My husband and I spent 1000s of dollars but nothing was working. Oh I forgot to mention that my husband was not having the itching problem, it was only me! Well we sold our house and got rid of all our furniture because of the annoying sensation I was having. I prayed everyday asking the lord to help me and after moving into our apartment something hit me!! I thought that I should go to a dermatologist even though I read many stories online saying that dermatologist are no help…Well I went to the dermatologist and he asked me several questions:
1. Do I take long HOT bathes? Yes
2. What kind of soaps do I use? I said dove
3. Do I moisturize my skin after getting out of the tub? No
4. Does the itchy/prickling sensations come when I turn the heat on? Yes
5. Does it happen more at night? Yes
6. Does the itching occur when your body over heats? Yes
The dermatologist told me that the HOT HOT water from the bathes I take has dried my skin completely out. He said this is what’s causes the pricking/itchy sensation. He said that my skin is cracking and it cracks a lot more when my body over heats. He then told me what to use to get rid of the prickling sensation and was 100% sure that it will work. He said that my skin needs moisture and recommend I use CeraVe Moisturizing Cream at night after I get out of the shower and in the morning for 1 whole month. He said when you get out of the shower, rub the cream all over your body, Head to Toe. Then do it in the morning before you go outside. Doing this will put moisture back into your skin and restore it. It took 1 week for this cream to work on me!!! Here it is a month later and I haven’t felt any type of prickling sensation or anything.
I don’t know if this will help everyone but it sure did help me. You can buy the CerVe at Walmart or Walgreens, its in a white jar. Rub it all over your body and stay away from HOT HOT bathes. Take only warm bathes. HOT bathes try your skin out…the dermatologist says HOT water KILLS your skin and a lot of people don’t know that. CeraVe is safe to use, it’s like a lotion so you can use it everyday all day if you like.
I've had this problem for quite some time and just recently figured out what it might be. Have you tried changing deodorants? There are a lot of really bad chemicals in most deodorants which block your body from naturally perspiring. Trying changing to an all natural deodorant for a few weeks and seeing if that helps. Other things like lotions, shampoos, soaps, could also have some of the same effects......so it might be good to try switching those out as well.
Sounds like you are seeing a choirpractor (purposely mis-spelled). The common diagnosis of many of the choir-practors is the "toxins" story, the their money grabbing treatment modality pushes treatments such as mega-vits, and especially "these things take a long time". Hopefully, you will bite on this crap and be his patient for a very long time as he tries one piece of dog-crap therapy after another as he continues to drain your bank account.
My advice is that you start over and find yourself a RD (Real Doctor), advisably a Medical Doctor (MD) with a university hospital affiliation (preferably on salary at the university in a clinical teaching capacity). The SALARY part is important because then he/she will not be driven to do tests and tests and tests for the sake of profit. If your lucky, your location will be from Canada, England or Europe where medicine is focused patient care instead of the all powerful, almighty BUCK.
My advice is that you start over and find yourself a RD (Real Doctor), advisably a Medical Doctor (MD) with a university hospital affiliation (preferably on salary at the university in a clinical teaching capacity). The SALARY part is important because then he/she will not be driven to do tests and tests and tests for the sake of profit. If your lucky, your location will be from Canada, England or Europe where medicine is focused patient care instead of the all powerful, almighty BUCK.
Sounds like you are seeing a choirpractor (purposely mis-spelled). The common diagnosis of many of the choir-practors is the "toxins" story, the their money grabbing treatment modality pushes treatments such as mega-vits, and especially "these things take a long time". Hopefully, you will bite on this crap and be his patient for a very long time as he tries one piece of dog-crap therapy after another as he continues to drain your bank account.
My advice is that you start over and find yourself a RD (Real Doctor), advisably a Medical Doctor (MD) with a university hospital affiliation (preferably on salary at the university in a clinical teaching capacity). The SALARY part is important because then he/she will not be driven to do tests and tests and tests for the sake of profit. If your lucky, your location will be from Canada, England or Europe where medicine is focused patient care instead of the all powerful, almighty BUCK.
My advice is that you start over and find yourself a RD (Real Doctor), advisably a Medical Doctor (MD) with a university hospital affiliation (preferably on salary at the university in a clinical teaching capacity). The SALARY part is important because then he/she will not be driven to do tests and tests and tests for the sake of profit. If your lucky, your location will be from Canada, England or Europe where medicine is focused patient care instead of the all powerful, almighty BUCK.
I wanted to add my experience to anyone it might help. I've recently started having these feelings again after many years of not having them. I got them before I was diagnosed with low thyroid (hypothyroidism). I also get them when I take erythromycin. I had an allergist that said it was called "Formication" the feeling of ants crawling underneath the skin.
If you are on medications, start looking there first. I take propanolol and I just got a new prescription. It is a different pharmaceutical company and I think the formulation is bothering me. My old prescription never caused me any problems, and i've been taking it for 2 years.
Also, Low calcium and low iron. Low calcium doesn't always show on a blood test.
Ladies, it can also be caused by perimenopause/menopause. It is a symptom.
Cosmetics can also cause internal problems. If you use a certain soap/shower gel, try getting one with no coloring and use it for awhile.
I remember having this so badly one time, that I thougtht I would go nuts. Feels like prickly, tingly, stinging randomly. I would liken it to being hit by the sparks of a sparkler. Also, feels on my face, like spider webs hitting my face.
Good luck.
If you are on medications, start looking there first. I take propanolol and I just got a new prescription. It is a different pharmaceutical company and I think the formulation is bothering me. My old prescription never caused me any problems, and i've been taking it for 2 years.
Also, Low calcium and low iron. Low calcium doesn't always show on a blood test.
Ladies, it can also be caused by perimenopause/menopause. It is a symptom.
Cosmetics can also cause internal problems. If you use a certain soap/shower gel, try getting one with no coloring and use it for awhile.
I remember having this so badly one time, that I thougtht I would go nuts. Feels like prickly, tingly, stinging randomly. I would liken it to being hit by the sparks of a sparkler. Also, feels on my face, like spider webs hitting my face.
Good luck.
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