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Burning skin sensation /perimenapause

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jacqueline06286
jacqueline06286

Hi ladies anyone out there suffering from burning skin sensation on a daily basis, I'm in perimenapause and this is driving me crazy my symptoms comes and goes please if anyone can share.

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  • Roseburg
    Roseburg jacqueline06286

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    Yes, I’ve had this off and on. Sometimes it’s like I’m burning from the inside, in a widely spread area-other times it feels like my skin has a sunburned spot but no redness. I’ve not yet figured out if it’s part of migraines (I have weird ones) or hormones. Where are you having the burning sensation?
    • jacqueline06286
      jacqueline06286 Roseburg

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      Hi Roseburg, 

      I have it on my shoulders legs  also I touch my scalp it feels hot,been having all these crazy symptoms since perimenapause but this burning started a week before Easter it comes and goes.

  • Guest
    Guest jacqueline06286

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    I used to feel burning in my face and upper back. 

    And of course you’ve all heard me complain about my burning feet. Sometimes it goes up my legs. Always worse on the left but get it right side too. When my feet start to burn it will coincide with other symptoms that seem to rotate, could be stomach pain, upper back shoulder blade pain, dizzy, nausea, hard to breathe, etc.. Right now they are burning and I feel like I can’t get a deep breath. 

    I still think it could be a hot flash without the overall sweating and just localized in the body. 

    • jacqueline06286
      jacqueline06286 Guest

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      Hi Suzanne, 

      How long have you had this for, this is driving me crazy, I have it on my shoulders right now and legs but then it will sub side then come back some days can get more intense then I have to sit in front of a fan I hate to go out side when I feel like this ,and the sun makes it worse and go figure I live in sunny florida. 

    • Guest
      Guest jacqueline06286

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      It started for me last April, a week after I started bio creams. I was visiting my son in CA and in the airport I kept looking at my foot thinking I had sunburn. 

      Since then it comes and goes, def hormonal as it will get worse at certain times in my cycle. The intensity has increased as well.

      I live in FL too, but the sun doesn’t seem to make a difference. Sometimes when they start burning I also get shaky. 

      Before the feet started, I used to feel hot on my upper back, upper arms and chest. 

      I just think these burning episodes might be hot flashes without sweating? Do any of you get the burning, and also traditional hot flashes? I’ve yet to get a genuine hot flash with sweating. 

    • debra16694
      debra16694 Guest

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      Hi Suzanne - I kind of get it all - although I will say the traditional (over heating/sweaty) flash I got more of in peri...then I would get clammy after an episode. Now 6 years post, I get more flushing in my face, neck & head.  I also can get a pulsating head/throb.  This burning sensation is a real interesting twist though - I will say that I have suffered from pins & needles in hands and feet for some time & also used to experience “electric shock” in my feet - it’s interesting that the pins & needles used to bother me so much, but now I have just gotten used to it - I guess we are only given what we can handle.  What I think is so odd is, all the drs that I have shared this with, have no clue what I am talking about, surely other woman besides us have experienced it - there are fields of study dedicated to geriatrics, why not menopause? It is so comforting knowing that you all “get it” & you don’t think I am some kind of hypochondriac - let’s keep this thread going it’s so insightful - 

    • samantha46571
      samantha46571 Guest

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      Hi Suzanne, I too get burning feet both of them and they are really hot. I only get it at night and this started about a month ago..
  • UKJo
    UKJo jacqueline06286

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    Yes! I had a burning feeling down both shins when I was peri......felt like sunburn if that makes sense? No redness to see but felt as if there should be.

    I'd forgotten about that til I read your post. Think it lasted for a couple of months and then something else came along for me to worry about (!) Oh joy...... I used to cool it down with Aloe Vera gel I kept in the fridge.

    • jacqueline06286
      jacqueline06286 UKJo

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      Hi UKjo,

      Yes that's exactly how it feels like a sunburn, it's driving me crazy. 

    • UKJo
      UKJo jacqueline06286

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      Have you tried treating it the same way as a sunburn?

      I used the aloe gel as I said and I found that (as my skin felt a bit drier than normal too) using a moisturising after sun product helped too. It was summertime here & at first I genuinely thought I had caught some sun unawares - ha ha fat chance. I live in England - it was hardly a tropical summer.

      Good luck with it. It was irritating but it passed. We just have to find our way through these things don't we?

    • jacqueline06286
      jacqueline06286 UKJo

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      Thank you, 

      I'm going to try it,do you remember for how long you had it for. 

    • UKJo
      UKJo jacqueline06286

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      On and off for a couple of months I think. It's a couple of years ago now and I've never had it again.

      I think if it had been more continuous or had persisted I would have seen a doctor but I seemed to get rid of it by calming it down. Hope it's the same for you too.

    • jacqueline06286
      jacqueline06286 UKJo

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      Did you just had it on your chin, or did it move around. 
    • UKJo
      UKJo jacqueline06286

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      Both shins and I think my right forearm but not as much there , only a few times - honestly, I'd forgotten about it til I read your post.

    • rayray14619
      rayray14619 UKJo

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      hi there! im having the same sensations. did you ever find the root cause? appreciate it! thanks, rachel

    • kendra42160
      kendra42160 rayray14619

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      rayray14619

      I also have this sensation. It started a few months back. It is mainly my upper back and now my scalp. I have had so much testing done with no results. It is starting to make me a little crazy. Have you figured anything out?

    • terrie27149
      terrie27149 kendra42160

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      Did they test for M.S.? Hate to say that but i am going to a Neuro next week to see if that may be the case.

      Mine is a burning on skin that feels like a sunburn..it comes and goes..but always returns in either months or even years when it first started..Mine started in 2016 and did it a few times..Then it started coming more often now. Thus the neurologist appt. I am praying it isnt but appears i have many of the symptoms, as skin burning is one if the symptoms as well. 😦

    • kendra42160
      kendra42160 terrie27149

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      Sorry i just saw this! They did test for MS and it was all clear. How about you?

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