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Posted 4/27/2016 7:05 PM (GMT 0)
Does anyone get skin pain (hypersensitive all over your body)? How about burning sensations?

I've been plagued w/ this off and on for 14 yrs. I have it now and I feel like I'm about to lose my mind!

Have had every test run w/ no answers.
Posted 4/27/2016 8:16 PM (GMT 0)
Hi SB,

I have had the burning sensations and flushing before.

I think these are fairly common with anxiety.

Practicing self help coping skills can lower overall anxiety levels and help bring reliefs. See our Resources at the top of the main forum page here for great material!

S.C.
Posted 4/27/2016 8:28 PM (GMT 0)
I never get redness....just sunburn sensation. It can be random on my body - or mainly be on my face and sometimes arms. It started on my upper arms in 2002.

Did you burning last for hours and days?
Posted 4/27/2016 8:47 PM (GMT 0)
Yes,

I had a migraine yesterday and had burning and sensitivity all day.

IDK if it was more of a migraine symptom, or an anxiety effect...since feeling unwell with a migraine also increases my anxiety!

...but I have had the burning just from anxiety last for hours.

S.C.
Posted 4/27/2016 8:55 PM (GMT 0)
Was the burning all over your body? Or on your head? Curious..
Posted 4/27/2016 9:45 PM (GMT 0)
Mine is mostly my face and chest...sometimes my legs, but not often.

I can get it from certain foods sometimes too. MSG and some wines make my face and chest feel like they are on fire!

S.C.
Posted 4/27/2016 9:49 PM (GMT 0)
Interesting! I had Chinese food last night and noticed my tongue was burning (left side) and around my mouth (left side) afterwards. But woke up this morning with full body PAIN and burning. But I eat Chinese food quite regularly. That's what is so perplexing! I got for a year or two feeling fine and then BAM...the symptoms come back!
Posted 4/27/2016 10:15 PM (GMT 0)
It could be worth looking into if you have a sensitivity to MSG...

Not all restaurants use it...and the reaction level has many factors, just like an allergy can.

Whether you have an empty stomach, have exercised previous to eating...even stress levels can all make it a 'straw that broke the camel's back' type situation.

The last MSG reaction I had, I had just exercised and hadn't eaten in a while...so I was at a physically tired and stressed state. I think that's why I reacted, when maybe I wouldn't have otherwise...or at least not so strongly.

Worth checking out anyway for future reference. Start a food journal?

S.C.
Posted 4/28/2016 12:22 AM (GMT 0)
Definitely could be food or maybe weather related. With every year that goes by new odd symptoms arise-- whether anxiety ridden, or something super benign.
I've had this sensation pop up within the past couple of months. Hypersensitivity on my legs, fingers, face... random places. I've spoken to my doctor about it and he says it could be hormonal, or more likely, anxiety. It gets exacerbated by certain things.
Posted 4/28/2016 8:28 AM (GMT 0)
Hi

Yes this is one of my main symptoms and I do put it down to anxiety/stress and I find it improves when I reduce my anxiety.

Hibee
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