Womble Posted July 10, 2016 Report Share Posted July 10, 2016 I have had a really busy, stressful couple of weeks and as usual, it's triggered a bad flare of lots of my symptoms, most of which I can deal with or know I just have to put up with until I they pass. Might help if my doctors would sort themselves out, but that's another story. One symptom that is really bothering me at the moment though is scalded skin/painful paresthesia. It comes in repetitive waves through my arms, legs and back and is so painful that actually I don't think paresthesia is even a good description of it - it's just the closest I could get to explaining it. I also get numb/fuzzy patches here and there along with it. I only tend to get it this badly when I am really run down and very low physically and I know I am running on empty at the moment. I've been flushing quite a bit too, so took a chance on trying an antihistamine yesterday and I 'think' it helped, at least to some degree. I have no idea whether or not I have mast cell issues, I don't know much about it, but I'd always assumed not, as I'm not a typically 'allergic' person, if you see what I mean. Now with the flushing and painful skin I'm beginning to wonder. Does anyone else get this and/or have any other ideas that might help reduce the pain of it. I can cope with normal paresthesia, if there is such a thing, as I've had it most of my adult life, but find the burning and stinging really hard to deal with. I should add that I also have complex regional pain syndrome in my left foot and lower leg (fortunately that's not flaring just at the moment) but the pain/burning of this parasthesia is a different kind of burning to the pain I get with that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katybug Posted July 11, 2016 Report Share Posted July 11, 2016 I can't really comment on the rest but here's the most comprehensive MCAS paper I've ever found. It's l9ng but w9rth it and the tables and figures are full of information. give you some idea if it's something you should look at with your doctor. http://www.wjgnet.com/2218-6204/full/v3/i1/1.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Womble Posted July 11, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 11, 2016 Thank you, I will save it to read when my brain decides to start working again. Having a very bad morning today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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