Patch of skin that feels burnt but there's nothing there. I should NOT have googled.

[OgreRebel]

Small patch of skin on the outside of my forearm. Feels just like it's burnt or the skin's been taken off. But there's nothing there. Looks entirely normal.

Of course google informs me that it's neurological and I'm likely to expire by the time July's out.

Oddly, dh has been complaining of the same thing for weeks. A patch of skini that just feels irritated and prickly but with no obvious cause.

Any ideas?

It's not painful btw. Just irritating and weird.

I have HA btw so if you could avoid agreeing emphatically with google that'd stop the panic for a wee while.

I know you do fluffy (tis SOH but namechanged if that means anything to you). And I feel a right twit moaning on here about the potential for it to be something that you know the reality of.

My good friend has relapsive MS and it doesn't affect her at all for months and months. My aunt unfortunately has it progressively and is about 13 years in so things are v difficult for her.

I have had viral labyrinthitis recently (coupled with earache and some thing my eyes were doing that confirmed it was labyrinthitis). I cannot believe it was labyrinthitis now though. As soon as this patch of skin thing started I decided, well that's 2 weird things recently and therefore it's my brain. Then you mentioned pins and needles. Oh I'm a twonk.

It's silly. I know it is.

oooh i get this sometimes too! and pins and needles randomly at night in my feet

I'm called fluffy because I have a head full of fluff so you need to remind me who you were before you name changed )

It's alright. I know it's easy for me to say this though but there's so many other things it could be. There's a woman that works at my dentist, she was diagnosed several years ago and she's only had 2 episodes. You've seen both sides of the disease.

Labyrinthitis is horrid, vomiting and dizzy, bleugh!

Right ladies:

Pins and needles are an indication of lots of diseases and easily solved medical problems, it doesn't mean there's any nasties going on. Now, repeat that after me.....pins and needles are an indication of lots of diseases and easily solved problems....

ShowOfHands

You see I didn't vomit with the labyrinthitis. Was v dizzy and nauseous though. Is much better now but still dizzy when tired or dehydrated. Woman at the docs said it could rumble on for a while, sometimes months.

I know that about MS. I know it's often eminently manageable. I also know it's the thing women are most frightened of when presenting with common symptoms. And that v few women actually have it. I also know that anxiety causes symptoms of it.

There's such a gap between what I know and what I worry about though.

OgreRebel/SOH, I have HA too and I can totally understand why you're panicking. Because you bloody googled!

But you know this is likely to be nothing, or easily sorted, don't you?

Oh I have had this LOADS and it never is anything

Really Ogre lovey, you are alright. I promise.

(you know me too btw!)

Ello SOH.

Google is a baaad thing, honestly, if you googled a runny nose you'll find a site telling you it's a brain tumour. Google is the work of the devil. Google Vitamin B12 deficiency instead.

I think labyrinthitis has the same effect as travel sickness (my old friend from the past , they both mess about with the same part of the ear.

I know google is bad. If you google 'feeling pretty perfect' it probably comes up with a reason why your right leg is about to drop off. I know this.

Your reassurances are helping.

It also helps that dh has exactly the same thing atm. Feel like if it's going to pot, at least I have company.

www.mumsnet.com/Talk?topicid=general_health&threadid=744304-I-have-had-sore-wrists-hands-for-a-few-w eeks&pagingOff=1#15201768 Bloody hell woman, I told you to pop and see your GP about this last year!!

Jeane, I need a clue dear.

I went! Lots of blood tests, all normal. Doc suggested it was the constant lugging of dd and co-sleeping (she kept sleeping on my arms/wrists). Plus general joint stress post having a child/bfing.

I stopped letting dd sleep on me in the night as he suggested and within days it felt better. Within a couple of weeks the wrist pain was gone completely. Hasn't hurt since.

You're going to tell me now it's all connected aren't you?

I don't know in all honesty. I do think you need to go back to your GP and ask for a referal though.

You know when you had labyrythitis, did you feel as if you were pissed?

I'm teetotal.

I felt like I'd just stepped off a roundabout.

You know where this is heading don't you.

To me panicking in tears?

Ogre- Can't help you with the burning sensation but I have had it too down my arm, my leg and funnily enough on one of my lady lips, very strange and I googled and wish I hadn't, even phoned NHS direct but they were none the wiser and suggested shingles. Anyway it cleared up in a few days and I've had it once since but don't worry too much about it as I'm still alive!

I can help you with the anaemia though- have you tried something called Spa Tone? It's iron rich water from snowdonia and you just take one or two sachets every day with some orange juice. It really helps boost your iron levels without the horrible side effects of iron tablets. I take it and I used to take it when I became anaemic during pregnancy. It really helps boost your energy levels too.

noo, there's no need to panic. I really do understand why you are panicking, honestly I do. Your GP and then a neurologist need to be where you are heading though. You can either stick your head in the sand, pretend that nothing is wrong but worry all the time or go and get yourself checked. If you get a clear bill of health then that's great, I'll come to your party. If not then cross that bridge if you come to it.
I like to know what I'm facing so I can tackle it head on or adapt, I'm slightly nuts though (as if you havn't already noticed).

Hope you are OK SOH.

Not really.

It really could be nothing you know.

Have you been to see someone about your HA?

No. I've seen nobody.

Am sitting here in tears.

I really thought it was labyrinthitis. They looked at my eyes, said they were doing something typical of labyrinthitis. Said the earache was further confirmation.

I'm imagining all sorts.

What was wrong with your eyes?

Maybe concentrating on the best case scenario? Would that help? Vitamin deficiency is easily sorted with a change of diet.

There's a diagnostic test for labyrinthitis where they get you to follow a pen with your eyes. They do something different to what they usually do apparently.

GP did it, nodded as I was doing it and said 'definitely labyrinthitis'. I said I was worried it was something serious and that it came on so quickly and she said she was as positive as she could be that it was viral labyrinthitis. I asked twice if it could be indicative of something else and she said not to worry and she was as sure as she could be.

Of course now I think it's something else.

Medicine is a science, nothing is precise. It could very well have been labyrinthitis, I still would get the pins and needles and the burning checked out though, a vitamin deficiency is really easily solved.

How are you doing now Ogre? HA is so horrible, I really sympathise.

With me, I can be absolutely fine for ages, then one tiny thought can push me to sheer panic within seconds. It's really really common, but I'm sure you know that.

Have you googled HA/general anxiety? I have found this useful sometimes.