Re: Cause of pin prick feeling?

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Hi ,

B12..... lack of it causes the tingling in hands and feet.....

any idea what her levels are? they need to be towards the top of the range,

not floundering at the bottom..

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> I was talking to a friend today who has had Hashimoto's thyroid for years.

She had has a fibrous vertually non-functioning thyroid and takes 225mcg

thyroxine.

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> > I was talking to a friend today who has had Hashimoto's thyroid for years.

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Hi , i get this when i have a mineral Deficiency ,usualy,Folic Acid, Iron

of B12.When i start taking the minerals it happens even more but just for a few

Days/weeks,then as my levels even out it stops.Helen

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f she is not well on 225mcg T4 then the chances are that she is not converting

it to the active T3 properly- this can happen after taking T4 for a while, and

some of us just can't deal with T4 at all. Would be interesting to see TSH FT4

and FT3- though good luck on getting the last one on the NHS. She would probably

do better on natural dessicated thyroid if her FT3 comes in low.

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> Hi All,

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> I was talking to a friend today who has had Hashimoto's thyroid for years.

She had has a fibrous vertually non-functioning thyroid and takes 225mcg

thyroxine.

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> She is concerned that she has unpleasant feeling of pin pricks in her feet and

hands and also had it on her scalp. At one time it had been all over her body.

I said I would ask if anyone could throw any light on what might be the cause of

this. I understand that this she feels more like tiny pin pricks than tingling

as such.

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> Her GP says this is likely to be a precursor to having diabetes although she

does not have diabetes, his opinion is that it is just a matter of time due to

her weight! She has battled with her weight and this is certainly not due to

over eating as he implies! she has had a recent test for diabetes but the

results are not back yet although as she points out, if it were caused by

diabetes, wouldn't that be an end result, not a precursor to diabetes.

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> I would be grateful for any help, thank you.

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[Guest guest]

Hi Can't throw much light on this, except to say, I think the prickling in feet and hands might be what is called peripheral neuropathy, which is associated with diabetes. (However, some sort of prickling on the scalp, and all over the body would be more than " peripheral " neuropathy) And, I would agree too, that if there were peripheral neuropathy caused by diabetes, then there would surely be diabetes to treat by then! 

I have googled the subject over the years and there seem to be lots of people out there who have such buzzing, tingling, prickling symptoms without knowing why.I have had tingling on and off in my feet - which started around the time I was symptomatic with hypothyroidism. Like your friend I have Hashimotos. I've sometimes had bizarre pulsing buzzing sensations in my feet, but not for a couple of years. A couple of times, the tingling has gone further up my legs which is very alarming. I'm not overweight and my doctor does not seem to think that diabetes is on the cards.

My GP has offered a referral to a neurologist - mainly to put my mind at rest - that I don't have a horrible neurological condition. It hasn't got so bad yet, that I've taken him up on it. 

A neck Xray showed wear and tear in my neck - and this can be associated with nerve problems - though more likely in the hands. If your friend has been getting pin pricks all over, I would have thought it's not likely that it is caused by problems in the spine. More likely related to hormonal things. (I think some people have these sorts of symptoms when going through menopause.)

I think it may also be connected with vitamin deficiencies, or over-replacement - perhaps taking high doses of B vitamins. Some of the other more knowledgeable folk on the forum will know about this. Maybe your friend could have her B12 levels checked for instance, if she hasn't already done so?

I guess you can tell your friend she's not the only one. It'll be interesting if anybody else can throw more light on the subject.Lynne

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I wake up with my hands feeling a little stiff and prickly sometimes. After I

work my hands a bit it goes away. I am interested in the discussion of

diabetes/blood sugar as I think I have some issues. My doctor(s) always do a

fasting blood sugar - though I recall a few years ago my then doctor did some

blood test which measured my blood sugars(?) over the last couple of months?

Not sure what that was or how he managed that. I always come back normal. I

bought a glucometer and have been measuring myself. My fasting blood sugar,

taken first thing in the morning, is usually 100. If I eat a meal with any kind

of carb in it, it jumps up and stays up longer than I think it should (couple

hours). I've only done this a few times so far. I had a cheeseburger, ate

about half the bun (don't normally eat breads so it's a huge treat) and my blood

sugar shot up to 200 by the hour mark, started dropping after the hour and a

half mark. I think that's too high and I think it stayed too high for too long.

So I am not sure the tests they run catch it all. I also think I have grown a

diet which sort of compensates - low carb, high fat, high protein. So it may be

only when I get too far on the carb side that there's a problem. None of which

would explain the prickling feeling in my hands only when I am waking up,

though. So we shouldn't maybe be surprised if tests other than thyroid tests

are basically not catching what they were designed to, or at least not in every

case. That's sort of what I am thinking, anyway. Terijo

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> Can't throw much light on this, except to say, I think the prickling in

> feet and hands might be what is called peripheral neuropathy, which is

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Just to say thank you to those of you who made interesting and helpful comments

on this subject for my friend.

I have passed on all of the responses and hopefully she will be able to follow

this up.

Thanks again

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> I wake up with my hands feeling a little stiff and prickly sometimes. After I

work my hands a bit it goes away. Terijo

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