Peri menopause and body burning sensation

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Has anyone experienced body burning sensations? I am 53 and my digestion and body pain are escalating.

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    I had two very distinct body burning issues in perimenopause.  However I was 43, not 53.  The first was a strange circular patch burning sensation on the top of my left foot while I was standing at a soccer field.  (Goes to show you how significant this sensation was, that I remember it with such clarity nearly 20 years later!)  The second was profound burning on the top of my lip every late afternoon.  It was so bad I'd put an ice bag on it.  

    Amazing what hormones can do!  

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      I was at the airport in Fresno California two Aprils ago waiting for a flight and I felt like the top of my left foot was sunburned. I kept checking it to see if it looked sunburned, so I, like you, can remember the exact time and place the burning foot started. Of course I've gone on to a more severe burning in that foot and also the right foot burns sometimes too. And when I get these burning feelings all my other symptoms will flare up too, they are all connected. Even anxiety and depression will surface when my feet are burning, so not all physical symptoms.

      But I also had started with the burning of gastritis in my stomach as one of my very first symptoms a few years ago. So Shara, I know what you mean there. You have to be careful with your diet for awhile until the gastritis settles down.

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      Thanks for reaching out. The more I’m reading seems to bring me back to my digestion like you mentioned. My whole body burns. It comes as goes. I can see that wheat, processed foods are the culprit.  My body aches to all over too...good times.
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    Hi Kate...yes my whole body feels like it’s sun burned and tringly, not numb. Maybe it’s fibromyalgia? I again am 53 I just experienced a 3 week long light period from being regular and now I late on my next one. My digestion is really wonky and if I have greasy food, wheat, chocolate or alcohol my body freaks out with heartburn. 
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      We sound very similar I am exhausted and have wondered about fibromyalgia too. Tummy issues as well! I’m on meds for oral thrush at the moment ( which I have never had before) xx
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    Hi Shara … Yes I have and am suffering with tummy issues and heat issues in my lower tummy but it comes and goes and has settled as time goes on... as in previous reply, keep an eye on your diet and I take a probiotic tablet each morning now which has helped with my bowel. Hope you feel better soon. All part of the process. CK
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    Yes. A burning pins and needles feeling in my stomach area. It was really bad for a few months. Not bad these days, but bad enough it brought me to emerg. They said gastritis but I knew it felt different than that.
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      Hi there - I have been suffering horribly every month for the last 6 months with the burning sensation.  I have had the tingling hands for some time, but these burning body parts is driving me crazy.  It also comes in in the night & seems to lessen as the day goes on.  Crazy thing is I am post meno 6 years, but as of 10/17, my hormones were low but balanced & in March of this year is when I experienced my first burning sensation.  Does this ever go away? I am not on any hormones.  Does anyone have any remedies that actually work.  I have been tested for Carcinoid Syndrome which is very scary, but negative thank god! So it’s got to be plummeting hormones, cuz it comes & goes - middle of the month the worst for me - Ugh! 

  • Posted

    Hi Shara,

    I felt the same way. It's like I was sunburned from the inside out. 

    It makes sense that the doctor suspected gastritis.  Guts and skin and inextricably bound to each other.

    My burning symptoms were from a gluten intolerance. Digestive issue were one of my first peri symptoms.

    nce I eliminated gluten things got way better.  I still get the burning feeling sometimes. Usually when I have eaten something spicy or "off limits." 

    CarolKelso's idea for taking a probitic is a great one. 

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