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@johnbishop

I'm wondering if the prickling and stinging in your forearms might be associated with carpal tunnel syndrome? I also have that in my hands. The left is worse than the right and sometimes when I sleep on my sides at night the hands and arms will get that prickly stinging feeling but I can usually shake it off within a few minutes. I was tested and diagnosed with severe carpal tunnel in my left wrist and had a shot but it didn't help much. They offered surgery but I wanted to hold off since I was more afraid of making it worse and it's not that bad right now.

Massachusetts General Hospital - Numbness and Tingling
-- https://www.massgeneral.org/ortho-hand/conditions-treatments/numbness_and_tingling.aspx

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lynnaustin | @lynnaustin | Aug 30, 2019

No EMG ruled it out. I read that prickly and stingy feelings are symptoms of SNF. I’m pretty sure I have it . Than you anyway.

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Chris Trout, Volunteer Mentor | @artscaping | Aug 30, 2019

@johnbishop, @lynnaustin, So here I go, chiming in again. With all the needlelike pain in my hands, the knee and shoulder guy thought it was a neck issue, neck guy wanted to rule out carpal tunnel and sent me to the hand guy.

Hand guy was adamant that it wasn’t carpel tunnel. So they had a confab and the neck guy won. However, at the time, the knee & shoulder guy was getting ready to do some shoulder repair after a fall down the stairs.

I guess the three of them went out for pizza. The next day the neck guy called me and said that the cervical surgery was going to be done first ASAP and then the shoulder and then the hand if there was anything left to fix. I felt like Humpty Dumpty being put back together again.

Fast forward two years later and the hands were quite uncomfortable.

Neurologist, the new guy, wanted to rule out....you guessed it.....carpel tunnel. Hand guy said something like, how many times do I have to say this......,

So the neurologist charged ahead with the skin biopsy and SFN was uncovered. I did appreciate the transparency and the tenacity. I think they all played on the same team in the end. It is your chuckle for the day. Enjoy the evening. Chris

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