Burning sensations on skin pressure points, i.e. elbows, hands, feet

I have just found this thread and wanted to say I have exactly this problem and I'm from the UK too. I find refrigerated gel packs really help but I need a lot of them to last a day. I have seen a neurologist and he had never come across this before!! Have you had an success in finding a cause/cure yet?

Get a second opinion, don't base on thyroid. Some doctors don't listen and do research their way, so I don't think that is the problem. Ask an internal medicine doctor about taking lyrica. You need to get new doctors, keep looking until you get help.

To tell you the truth. I never got the relief from that burning sensation 7 1/2 years after it started in 2011. I've been thru various Docs and medications, the worst being gabapentin. The long term side effects were devastating. I took for about 5 years. It did alleviate symptoms slightly....but not really that well and the side effects were worse than the burning sensations. I don't do or take any medications for it now.......I just live with it and manage it on my own. There are just some things that can never be resolved.....I think that is one of those. People suffer from many unpleasant unidentifiable illnesses around the world and every day.......in comparison to some, mine is not that bad........so I just go on and live with it.

I have so many illnesses that I have just learned to ignore them. Because I have always felt there is nothing I can do about it and the next person has it worse. There are children with brain cancer, horrible rare diseases that children suffer. My problems are just that, problems. I am allergic to all pain meds, they cause me to itch, I would rather be in pain. Other that 2 pain meds after surgery I take nothing except Motrin. I have been in pain every part of my body since 1984. I don't tell people about my problems, but lately things are getting worse. I do have the luxury to lay in bed, I don't have to work. I bought a Tempur Pedic cloud bed, it was very expensive, but helps my back. I am thankful I got the name of the disease that causes severe itching only my arms since 1988 from finding this site. Now my doctor knows. One doctor yelled at me thinking my dog scratched my arms.

I did have burning on hand and pain and shoulder only. Was diagnosed with CRPS chronic regional pain syndrome. Very hurtful. They tried a nerve block which didnt work. Then surgery for implant by Dr Beuer in St Louis, Mo at Christian Hospital in Florissant. The burning is gone, was nerve pain possibly caused by previous surgery, and the pain is less tho I have other defects. This is not near what you are going thru but thought I should add it.

7 years ago I had complicated bunion surgery. I also had severe foot pain where I could barely walk. Looked didn't work. He decided to remove a neuroma, a tumor formed of scar tissue. The pain on top of my feet disappeared. I also have fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue syndrome, ms, lupus (not active), sjogrens, diabetes 2 pills 20 yrs,( severe hand tremors can't test), epilepsy(only voice tremor sometimes), MGUS (see a cancer Dr twice yearly for labs, I have a bad protein in my plasma.), Severe back pain, Severe narrowing of vertebrae shots didn't work including 8 at once! Nerve pain, chronic kidney disease 3, & brachioradial pruritus.

AFTER reading your post/physical problems, I can no longer complain about anything !! Ever !!

I had forgotten to put in there, that around 2005 an MRI my Neuro did showed my cerebellum is shrinking, which is atrophy, dying. Many things can cause it, nothing can cure it. Ms is one of them. Talk about scared to death, definitely a nightmare which I ignore too. An MRI last year showed no change.

@anniemaggie I also have cerebellum & cerebral atrophy and initially presented with burning in several places such as you’ve described. Have you been tested for small or large fiber neuropathy? An ANS Tilt table as well as EMGs/NCVs confirmed both for me. My overall disease is complicated but was just wondering if they ever explored those for you.

I will look into it. Almost walked out of new Neuro cause she said she was the Dr and only she could talk. Waited 6 months to see, but needed mri done, having trouble finding neuro, mine died of cancer in mich, after death read he was world famous, never knew. No one will help me with ms. I gave myself shots of copaxone a yr, but he decided against anything else because I have so many inflammations. I knew I had ms, looked for 16 yrs after I woke up 95% paralized, gone next day. Totally bloodshot eyes, voice like in a well, scary.