Cause of pin prick feeling?

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Hi All,

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.

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.

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.

I would be grateful for any help, thank you.