Sensation like skin crawling

[lola245]

Hi
For several months I have been getting this weird sensation that my skin is crawling.  This happens just behind my right shoulder blade in exactly the same place every time.  It generally happens for no reason that I can fathom.  It is a sort of itching sensation and then a sensation that there is something crawling under my skin.  When I rub it with my fingers it disappears for a while but inevitably it returns within a few minutes.  There is no pain involved.
Would be interested to find out if there is a medical explanation for this!
Many thanks
Lola

[silverfox67]

     If you have read the posted comments above, you will see that he is not alone.  We are all trying to rid ourselves of this crawling sensation and the itches that sometimes go along with it.
      I am still taking silver and diatomaceous earth - some days it works better than others... depends on what I eat.  The "bugs" like bread, pasta and sugar.  I had pizza yesterday and they are biting pretty bad tonight.
     Most of us are trying lots of home remedies as the doctors (not all of them) seem to think it's all in our heads.  (parasitosis or psychosis).   Wish some doctor would discover something to help us.

[blak39]

my husband has been dealing with the skin crawling sensations for several years now. the symptom will occur and then disappear.  every doctor has told him he he some type of allergy or its all in his head. what should we do?

[silverfox67]

   Try some Gold Bond anti-itch lotion or ointment.  it stops the crawling bug sensation long enough to go to sleep.  If you only get it when you lie down - great...
    I itch on and off all day long. :-(    Gold Bond helps me get to sleep after I apply it a couple of times on the itching area.

[tonyn0423]

I have the same sensation but mine near lower right rib cage.I have a little fat on my stomach whenever I seat straight up nothing happen but when I incline
my skin kind of fold up and I will have that crawling sensation.
I KNOW THE FEELING IT DRIVES YOU INSANE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!  

[kidnurse]

I have lots of what appears to be Morgellons symptoms...and early on alot of the itching/crawling was near my shoulderblades.  Sometimes not all the Morgellons symptoms are present initially.  But one of the things that has helped me most, at least while in bed, is covering the mattress with a cheap vinyl zippered cover from Target, and wiping it down with vinegar whenever I change the sheets.  (Change them as often as you can.)  Anybody with a rash or sores and stuff coming out or off of your body, in addition to the itching/crawling/biting, look into Morgellons.

[silverfox67]

   I use Gold Bond anti-itch on my shoulders - it stops the itch/crawling bug sensation long enough to get to sleep.

[Debs85]

Thank you to everyone who posted on this!! Good to know I'm not crazy!!
So has anyone been able to get rid of this feeling!? My left shoulder blade is driving me crazy... I don't have health insurance and don't know what to do.

[christinaLA]

thank you for this!

[silverfox67]

I am a very spiritual person and have accepted the ransom sacrifice of Jesus our Lord and Savior - and i still have this problem... It is not caused by sin or by
Satan.  This is a real dis-ease.

[silverfox67]

Thank you for your input.  I will try the folic acid as well.  We are all so desperate for relief from this plague.

[CURE4CrawlySkin]

I recently suffered from 'crawly skin' for weeks.  My symptoms were worse at night, especially in bed and sometimes woke me around 3 or 4 a.m.  It felt like a tiny bug had landed on my skin (usually arms, neck, chest or face) and crawled 3 or 4 inches before disappearing and then starting again in another area.  I had no spots, bites or other marks on my skin.

I was concerned it may be bed bugs, dust mites, scabies and anything and everything I have read on this site.  Whilst my home is probably cleaner than most, and my personal hygiene too, I checked for all of the above and couldn't find anything.  I changed diet, took vitamin B supplements, changed washing detergents and conditioners, started using Johnson's baby shampoo, shower gel, etc.  I even bought a steam machine and steamed the whole bedroom, sprayed it with dog flea spray, fly spray, covered myself in tea-tree oil - nothing worked.

I had visited my GP with the same problem a couple of years ago, and was not offered any support, but, after reading the post on 'formication' and being a middle aged female, tried the GP again as was beginning to think I was going mad.  This time my new GP sent me for blood tests. Whilst no hormone problems, I was found to be low on Folic Acid and was prescribed Folic Acid tablets for a month.  Reading up on symptoms for this diagnosis, it does mention 'itchy, crawly skin'.  I have been taking the tablets for almost a month.  For the first week or two there was no change, but gradually symptoms reduced and I am now 'crawly skin' free!  

As hard as it was to believe this could be anything other than some invisible or extremely quick bug crawling on my skin when suffering these awful symptoms, I do now believe that in my case, it has been due to low Folic Acid, which has affected nerve endings on the skin.

Thankfully, I now have an excellent GP who took this seriously and I think has found the answer for me.  It has been a nightmare.  I would urge you all to ask your GP to undertake blood tests.

Good luck. I hope this helps at least some of you with this distressing symptom.

[dannyabair13]

It is possible that this is associated with Herpes or Scabies.  Even if you get tested a normal doctor will only test to see if you are "active" in the herpes virus.  Ask the Doctor to do both an IgG and IgM test.  This will test to see if you have the antibodies and actually have the virus.  Crawling skin and burning sensations can be assocated with Herpes both 1 & 2.  The IGg and IGm tests can determine which type you might have.  The Only true reliable test is called the Western Blot and can determine between the two and has the most accuracy.

[silverfox67]

I have found that spraying my bed with a solution of 1/2 water and 1/2 fabric softener about an hour before bed (so it's dry) stops a lot of the itching, crawling sensation.  I am also trying a Chinese detox tea as I believe this "thing" Morgellons has infiltrated my entire body.  I take Probiotics and diatomaceous earth (1 t. in 8 oz. of water).   I don't know if it's electrical or not, but mites hate fabric softener.  Sometimes I take a couple of fabric softener sheets to bed with me - rub it all over your sheets before you crawl in.  If you have sores or lesions, use Arnica De La Cruz cream or ointment from Walgreens.  It will dry them up and they won't itch so much anymore.

To kill dust mites, strip your bed and place fabric softener sheets all over your mattress and leave them in place for about 2 hours.  When time is up, remove the sheets and vacuum your mattress. You would think that because you used fabric softener sheets it would smell so sweet.  
But it will stink!! Dead mites smell to high heaven!!!   Then make your bed with clean fresh sheets.

During the day, use a fresh fabric softener sheet and rub your head with it and place the sheet in your pocket, under your cap or in your shirt or blouse.  The gnats, flies, and bugs will leave you alone.

If you have spiders, Fill a squirt bottle 2/3 full of white vinegar.  Add 1 teaspoon of coconut oil and hot water to emulsify it.  Squirt this mixture in every corner of your ceiling and around your windows.  Spiders hate it!  No more spider webs.

I have been fighting these critters for 7 years and am finally winning the war!

[caphino]

NO MATTER WHERE YOU SLEEP .. HOME, MOTEL, HOTEL, AT MOM'S OR BROTHER'S HOUSE .......... THE CRAWLING SENSATION GOES WITH YOU BECAUSE IT'S ON THE INSIDE .. IT MAY BE NERVES IN YOUR BODY THAT ARE DAMAGED.
GOOGLE THE WORD     FORMICATION AND READ ABOUT IT.
IF THIS APPLIES TO YOU, PRINT THE INFO AND TAKE TO PHYSICIAN.
ASK DOC FOR PRESCRIPTION.  
THERE IS RELIEF.         GOOD LUCK.   CAPHINO

[caphino]

I DON'T BELIEVE IT IS SOAP/DETERGENTS.
IT COULD BE CAUSED BY DAMAGED NERVES.   JUST GOOGLE THE WORD       FORMICATION.          YOU'LL LEARN A LOT AND SO WILL YOUR PHYSICIAN .. JUST PRINT THE INFO AN TAKE TO DOCTOR .. ASK HER TO PRESCRIBE A LOW DOSE...  INCREASE DOSE IF YOU NEED TO.    100 MG   GABAPENTIN SHOULD DO IT.

GOOD LUCK.      THIS IS WORTH A TRY.  

[caphino]

  Crawling sensation could be   Formication.   Google the word  Formication and read about it.      Sensation may be due to nerves that have been damaged.        print the info and take to physician.  She will prescribe something for you ..  start off w/low dose and gradually  .. if needed increase the milligrams.       You should learn a lot by reading about  Formication.        

Hope this helps.          

[caphino]

  the answer to your problem could be   Formication.   Just google the word Formication and read about it.    Print the info and take to a physician.  She can prescribe something for you ...  The problem could be caused by damage to some nerves in your body.

This may be very helpful to you .. it was for me.   Good luck.  Caphino

[phoenix3864]

Happy to see your post. You are so right.

[jesusislord777]

hi.
i have the same feeling of spiders crawling on my face..3 months now.
don't know what to do !!!
have you gotten rid of yours...!!!!

[micha64us]

Its not morgellons. there are bugs. they fly and we are the host. you can see   it in the air floating like a fuzz. very contagious. I mix some sulfur ,olive oil and ammonia. I could see bugs come out from my skin and very hard to kill. I live in las vegas and half of the city is suffering from this. we need help.

[rrobby37]

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[nightlore]

you are totally right, for over 4 months i have had this, i have tried so many things, i now take a parasite cleanse, alfalfa,  ( it calms and drives out the black sliver form) thor's hammer, to keep your ph up so you don't get  diarrhea, greentea cap detox, teasel root tinture, seems to draw it out of my joints, st. john's wort tinture to help rebuild nerves, cranberry to keep pain from my kidneys, oregeno oil for  digestion and antibac/antifun, garlic pill, mega silver colliodal, also shower with, lice freee everyday (spelled correctly)  5 to 7 days aweek, teatree oil externally to open areas daily, somedays i feel like i'm dying,then i feel like i'm getting better,i pray to god, it's in his hands and i just need to be a strong person and help when i can, also, wormwood (in parastite cleanse)can cause problems if taken too long.

[chansmile]

i have been having these symptoms for about two weeks now.  Thankfully we have bupa which means i got to see the very top dermatologist very quickly.  so yesterday i saw my dermatologist yesterday and told her my symptoms(itchy all over the body including scalp,soles, and crawling sensation on my skin all over my body).  it was horrible. Dermatologist prescribed Fexofenadine for me, took one yesterday already i was feeling much better with the itchiness and crawling sensation. if any of you have any questions you can email me at ***@****
i know what is like

[Littletwinstar]

My boyfriend died from a motorcycle accident.  I feel like he is going in my body thru my ears.  It is hurting my ears, my chest and feels sensation crawling inside me.  I know I'm not hallucinating.  One night, I put my a hoodie on to cover my head.  As soon as I closed my eyes, I felt like my hoodie is lifting as if he is looking if I'm awake.