Intermittent Crawling and Burning Sensation in a small area

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For past 2 weeks, I have a small about 4 inch area on my back in which I have this intermittent crawling and burning sensation under the skin surface. It comes and goes and is often more annoying than painful. However, from time to time, it actually becomes painful. There does not appear to be a rash on the surface, In fact the skin looks relatively normal. I do not have a clue about what is happening.

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I also have the tingling sensation on my left shoulder and left hip area,
it comes and goes, not painful but quite annoying. I have been having
back problems, which I assume they are related.
I cannot find out what it really is, I found an article that stated it may
be nerve damage,. Have you had any responses? Thanks

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Did you get an answer to this one? . . .c seems I have suffered with similar symptoms occasionally for years; recently the pain has increased.

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I used to have the same thing. It was some kind of nerve thing occasionally...around my shoulder blade. The only thing that worked was something nice and warm...not hot, just warm like a heating bad on kind of low. When it first happened it felt like someone was touching me on my shoulder or a bug was there...couldn't figure it out. The warmth works so well I try to remember to carry a heating pad when travelling just in case.

waynstar · Newbie Joined: 16 Jan 2008 Posts: 1

I have very simular if not exact simptoms to which you describe. Localized low down on my left shoulder blade, close to the centre of my back. It began about 2 years ago with nothing more than an itch or a tickling sensation. I thought at first it was a stray hair caught up in my clothes but it persisted intermitantly. I even took to shaving the area (awkwardly!) incase there was one of those stray hairs growing out of my back. That was no cure so I refrained that option after several months. I also considered it might be linked to my psoriasis which I have at the base of my scalp but there's not a mark, spot, scab or even any inflamation.

In the last fortnight my symptoms have worsened. It started to feel like a bruise as well as itchy. I can't reach it properly to scatch it, (dislocated my shoulder 4 times so have restricted movement), so it is becoming unbareable! This week, the sensation has worsened again. The itchy sensation is overridden by a painful burning sensation and it also feels like a pin is being pushed into my skin.

I know that if I visit my GP, who will see no skin damage etc., she will put it down to stress & anxiety, which I have suffered from on and off for 7 years. That's why I'd like more information on this problem before I start chasing it up with medical professionals.

Any help would be very much appreciated. It's really getting on my nerves now - litterally!

Intermittent Crawling and Burning Sensation in a small area

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