Pins and needles all over body, numb legs & back pain!!

Hello there,

I submitted a post previously with links to more info so it got deleted so I will keep this one short. Firstly I am NOT a doctor or neurologist but I work as a social worker for Leeds City Council (great authority) in adults services and so I come across some very sick people with a very wide and ranging set of ailments/symptoms/diagnoses and I would firstly like to state the obvious that the body is a very complex organism that we are yet to fully understand.

Secondly, it is really important for all those that read this post in the future to know that 'pins and needles' are not a condition in itself but rather a symptom of something else going wrong in your body.

Thirdly, identifying the actual problem is easier done than said which means lots of blood test, scans and examinations. Having worked alongside hospital doctors I can honestly say that for such subtle problems unless the body indicates the specific area of the problem (e.g. using pain receptors/blood clot/bone sticking out) then the doctors simply use an approach called 'diagnosis by the process of elimination' (i.e. they try to find out what it isn't and try to find a default condition/problem). I have personally support people with 'pins and needles' some have had broken hip bones, some have had MS, some have had trapped nerves in their lower back and some have just been deficient of vitamin D and whenever it's a cloudy day the 'pins and needles' come back something rotten.

Fourthly, as with any illness or disease you might not be able to address the root problem straight away and so be open to using symptom control methods (e.g. acupuncture, water fasting, pain relief medication, vitamin supplements, swimming to keep fit (you get less pins and needles in water), counselling/therapy etc...).

Hi Phil ask doctor to check to see you don't suffer from MS multiple sclerosis

Hi I recently started getting the same numbness and pins and needles all over my body I was just wondering have you been told what it is has yet

HI Phil! I have had bad back and neck issues for the last two years that have started to clear up now however I am getting pins and needles too all over my body including my face, back, legs and arms! My doc has sent me back to my nuerologist too but I have not had the appt yet! Would like some more insight too as it scares me and praying it's nothibg severe as I have had all mri and scans over the last two years and all has came back normal! I also see an osteopath, Accupunture, massage and naturopath!

my husband over the past five years has been going to the doctors over and over again he has had mri's cat scans and they injectednsome kinda dye in his to wear his insides would light up and nothing. he is suffering cronic back pain in his lower back his feet are ice cold all the time he has terrible headches that come all of a sudden to wearn he has to lay down he is tired all the time and can sleep for days if i let him he has numbness in his legs and just an week agao has expanded to his hands at times without his pain meds he cant even get out of bed. his nknees buckle causeing him to fall a few times he was also dignosed with tpye 2 diabeaties he tells me sometimes its almost like their isn or can feel something just eating his muscle in his left leg all these sysmptoms has worsen over the last year to wear its out  control he goes to doctor next week to run a bone test the doctors at times maske him feel like he is stupid and nothing wrong with him you and only you know your body you know when somethinmg is wrong im afraid the doctors anit listening or hearing him and when they do finally hear or listen to him its gonna be to late because like i said just in the last year its went from a 3 to a 9 we are at a i dunno stage its frustrateing depressing time so i feel and know where you and wife stand my prayers are with you can you tell me any other symptoms that she has might had or experenced

 

Hi Phil, any update on your condition? I have identical symptoms to you, seen a neurologist and my normal doctor, spent thousands on MRI's, blood work, and a nerve test. Doctor said neurologically I'm fine, but it seems to be getting worse.

What's odd is that B vitamins and stress make it worse, so I've stopped taking Supliments, obviously can't avoid the stress.

I really hope you can send me an update.

Pls have you neck checked for Spinal Estenosis, my mom had what you are describing, she had to have emergency surgery for Spinal Estenosis . Spinal S. is when the spinal cord is being compressed in the neck area( most cases) if you gan get an MRI and visit the Neurologist, do it as soon as posible....very important..

Yes! That's me now! However I do have a bad back 

And how are you now? What is the outcome

Hello, I just joined this post because I was searching for answers as well for the exact same issue. My daughters have it as well but they also have severe cases of Lyme disease that went undiagnosed for years because doctors in Georgia refused to believe the Lyme tick crosses state lines! Me however , have not been diagnosed with Lyme but have broken my back ( so have my daughters from horses) I have also had 5 levels fused in my neck as lamonectomy at L5. My pain management doctor recently took me off all heavy narcostics be put me on a very low dose of Tramadol. Needless to say I no longer sleep. I have had a port put in so that I can have nutritional IV’s every other day of VC, magnesium, glutathione, B12, B complex, alpha lipoic acid. So far that is not helping but it’s only had three IV’s. Once I can wean myself off the Tramadol I am going to try low dose naltrexone ( has to be low dose) . I have to wait until two weeks after any opiates are out of my system. I am also going through genetic testing since I did have this problem in my early teens before any back issues: I pray all of us find the answer as it is a miserable existence.

Hi there,

I myself have been suffering with pins and needles myself for approx 6 months. It all started when I had the flu jab for the first time. A few days after I started experiencing pins and needles/numbness in my left hand. I went back to the Dr and he said its very rare for this side affect after the flu jab but it can happen and should go within a few days. So I went off relieved. Needless to say it didn't go away. After a week or so it travelled in to my arm and then I started to notice what I can only describe as an electric current in my leg when I moved a certain way. This then disappeared and the current then started happening round my waste area,for eg if I bent over it would happen. The Dr referred me to the acute assessment dept in the hospital where I had my bloods,ecg scan and brain scan,all of which are clear. In the last few days the pins and needles/numbness seem to have gone from my left hand side and are now in my right hand and arm and the right side of the back of my head which is extremely worrying. I dont know if it has anything to do with it but I rarely get to sleep more than 2-3 hours a night so I am constantly tired. I will be going for an MRI in the next few weeks but I am petrified of results.

Hello,

I have the following symptoms:

1. Numbess in left part of my head.

2. Weird sensation in left arm and left leg.

3. When you hit a tuning fork on left part of my head I can only feel/sense the vibration 10% compared to what I can feel/sense on the right side of my head. Right side feels normal.

4. Disturbed Sleep

5. Extreme Fatigue

6. This has been going on for many years but I am still alive!

Please suggest what could be causing this and what I should do to fix this.  My life is a mess because of this. Thank you for your time and efforts.

My good wishes to Phil.  Phil how are you doing and how did you cure your problem.

Warms Regards,

Patient100