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Slight head pain/sensation and tingling down left side of body

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katrina12440
katrina12440

Hello all, this is my first time to post, but I have been reading posts about on here about 6 months now. Im just wondering if anyone has been experiencing what I am going through?

Im 48yrs old and for the past 18mts I have experiencing pins and needles and strange sensations all over my body. About 5mts ago, I started to experience a headache, or a strange sensation on the left side of my head. This is sometimes accompanied with a slight pain or sensation/tingling down my left side. Obviously, this is really worrying. I have had an MRI of my brain and spinal cord and a CT scan and all have been normal.

Is anyone else experiencing this complete torture?

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  • bev27429
    bev27429 katrina12440

    Posted

    I definitely have had pins and needles throughout my body, particularly my extremities. Also, my face often goes completely numb. Even my teeth go numb. Luckily, I don't get anxiety that makes me worry about it. I have read so many women who have numbness and tingling, that I know that it is perimenopausal hormones causing it.

  • kelly33006
    kelly33006 katrina12440

    Posted

    Hi,

    I get similar feeling but in my legs hips and right had side of lower body whenever I have a change in hormones - estrogen really and more pronounce when its an increase. its like a cold numb tingling feeling. I know its not my B12 levels as i have blood tests.

    x

  • alison26264
    alison26264 katrina12440

    Posted

    HI Katrina, I have something similar going on. I get numbness in my right foot/toes. and other tingling, weakness feelings and tightness sensations in my legs and arms primarily right side for me. Neurologist says trapped nerves, but I suspect its hormone related, along with all the other symptoms. Im 57 and post meno.

  • andrea05399
    andrea05399 katrina12440

    Posted

    I have had similar symptoms mine have always been from a genital herpes outbreak or from shingles. both cause pain and tingling only on one side of the body. I’ve had this happen many many times over the last 12 years and it has always taken me by surprise and is very scary.

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