Advice on a female medical problem.

[OldTired]

Sorry to be explicit but it's impossible to get a GP appointment. For the past few days my vulva has been tingling and had a weird cooling sensation. It feels like it's had some kind of cooling gel rubbed on it, but I haven't put anything on it. Does anyone know what this is?

It sounds like nerve damage/pain. Any other symptoms? Is it getting better or worse?
I don’t want to panic you but you need to get checked asap just in case it’s cauda equina syndrome. If you can’t get a GP appointment phone 111

Thanks for the advice.I went to casualty but after waiting 5 hours I still hadn't been seen, so I left. I'll try and see a GP tomorrow but its so hard to get an appointment now. If I can't I'll call 111. The tingling isn't any better. Maybe a tad worse. No other symptoms. The triage at A and E didn't seem to think it was a big deal.

Well the problem has been diagnosed and mostly resolved. This will sound insane but it turned out to be a migraine. The weird cooling sensation spread down my right leg, then my right arm into the right side of my face. I managed to get GP appointment, and it was a hemiplegic migraine - a migraine that affects one side of your body. I had no idea a migraine could start in your crotch, but apparently it can. I've had migraines for a while but they have never presented like this before. I took a migraine med and the symptoms have mostly subsided.

Oh my word OP, what a bizarre occurrence! My migraines start in my left little finger and move around my body via my face.

Gosh! That is a surprise. Thanks for sharing that information. Glad you are better.

that's the wierdest type of migraine I ever heard of !
and I know someone who has lost the power of speech with migraine

permanently?

Thank you.

no, it eased over several hours (I'd say 4 or 5) but not before a hospital had diagnosed a stroke
since un-diagnosed, fortunately