Crawling/ itching feeling under skin

[msneedhelp]

Please help me..  I have started feeling like there is something crawling under my skin..  I first felt it on my arms now my face around my lips and eyebrows.  I have started pulling my eyebrows out and when I look at the tips I see a clear hard buildup of some sort.  

My back itches/ feels like something is crawling on my legs, face and arms.

Its like something is under my skin and attaches to my hair and forms a mass on each strand of hair....

I dont know what is wrong but please help me...  

I drink bottles of Benadryl to try to stop the itching and crawing feeling but it does not last long....

[Dr Santos]

Hi,
How are you? Formication refers to the sensation that resembles that of insects crawling on or under the skin. This can be associated with onset of menopause  or hormone withdrawal, or medical conditions such as diabetic neuropathy, skin cancer, syphilis, or herpes zoster. Have this checked by your doctor for proper evaluation. Take care and regards.

[sweetiepie2121]

Parasites in the body that is the answer to crawling under skin sensation.What is needed is a detox to get rid of these. I would suggest researching.

[helpedhappy]

I, too, had what you have.  It started with the movement in my ears, went to my hair, than attacked different places on my body: upper left back, left buttock, left foot, some toes and fingers.  Over 100 lesions covered my body at one time.  Anywhere from tiny bumps to nickle size.  The sores open and send out "spreaders".  They feel like webs with sand particles and a few tiny worms.  I did learn what I have and am now being treated.  Before I found out, I found bathes in Arm & Hammer super washing sode followed by a bath in olive leaf powder helped to heal the sores and remove the spreaders.
An infectious disease dr. diagnosed me.  Herpetic Dermatitis.  Caused by the Herpes 1 virus, this is related to Herpes Gladiatorum.  The Western Blot Test or the Elisa Test will note the presence of and activity index for what you have.  It will take months to put into dormacy.  I have been on the medication for 8 days now and the crawling feelings and movement under the skin have nearly disappeared.  Oh yes.  My sores had contracted a bacterial/fungal infection which caused bugs to be attracted to me much like a sore on your leg while visiting a creek will call bugs.  The bathes, taking olive powder orally raw, and irrigating sinuses and ears with 1 tsp. of olive leaf to the gallon killed the co-infection and the bugs left me and my environment.

[Caie246]

I too am going crazy with this itching and feeling of things crawling undering my skin, especially on my face and back.  This comes after 5 rounds of antibiotics and 1 of steroids as I had a sinus infection that would not go away due to dental procedure.  

I don't know how much more I can take; any suggestions are welcome.

[Dr Santos]

Hi,
How are you? Prolonged antibiotic intake such as in your case, 5 rounds of different antibiotics, may lead to proliferation of other organisms that may cause fungal or viral infection also. It is important to have supplements at this time and use of antifungals if indicated. It is highly recommended that you have this checked by your attending for proper evaluation. Treatment usually depends on the underlying cause. Take care and do keep us posted.

[cheri855]

This will be deleted by tomorrow. But its simply a case of bad blood circulation.  I have it, my dad lost a leg to it, eventually his life coz it brittles youre veins-prevents blood from pumping, from fingers and toes up (Smaller veins obv) . And it drives me insane.  Althought med comps dont want you to know that.  Coz they call it "Psychological"  Are youre toes cold and purple, fingers? Bad circulation people !! As much as it keeps us up at night thats the simple truth. Stop smoking and drinking, and if you dont your genes suck and you need to exercise more !!  Remember smaller veins go first...

[5ammis]

Thank you. That makes a lot of sense to me. I have been experiencing this sensation a lot recently, at random (crawling, tickling, itching in veins in couple spots of my body). Also, I've noticed that blood will pool in my legs if I stand for too long in one place. I'm mostly sedentary now, stuck in the apt all day coz of the pandemic. It makes sense to me that it would be a circulation issue. Gonna make a note to stretch n exercise : )

[bugproblem]

i would be very happy to belive in bad circulation or psychological issue but when i see people around me starting to scratch all the time iam not conviced anymore,in the last 2 years i have it,2 people after sleeping in bed after me(once) and once sleping in bed with me were complaining about the same: something is biting them,they can feel something crawling in the hair etc

[Mechellez]

I have the same prob and now people are starting and saying  oh my Godas if They see something craawwling in or on my head my dogs act the same way help. ?/////

[helpme1234184]

Have you found anything new about it?  I have the same problem, but I haven't found anything that stops it!

[bj5683]

what kind of medicine did he prescribe

[KallieKall]

I have a rash on my leg at first it looked like a tiny pimple I scratched it and it spreaded to a large red patch. I feel itchy all over my body like something is crawling on me could be a bedbug

[mmcbride]

I have had the feeling of something crawling under my skin for 3 weeks. it started when i started taking the steroid, Predizone. I stoped taking it like 2 weeks ago but i still have the feeling. It feels like stuff crawling through my veins and them having a spassim attack. I also feel it crawling up and down my back, arms, legs, feet and i just can' t take it anymore i need an answer. Please help me!!

[jazzpast]

Buy some Neem oil or Tea tree oil off ebay and rub it all over your body.  Repeat every day for a couple weeks. Buy yourself some Sulfur-Lavender soap this will rid you of any parisitic bug you might have.  

[AuntieMadder]

KallieKall, what you describe sounds very similar to the beginnings of Lyme Disease.

[bcsummerfield]

AuntieMadder, what you mentioned to KallieKall is exactly why I am here searching.  I tested negative for Lyme twice but am waiting on results from IgeneX.  I removed 5 ticks in March 2012 and have been really sick since June 2012.  Docs say no Lyme in NC but I don't buy it.  I ordered Lyme test from IgeneX myself and finally found a Doc to sign release form.  Today the bug crawling sensation is around my ears and top of head.  Are you currently being treated for Lyme or been treated?  Thnx for your post!  

[AuntieMadder]

bcsummerfield, I've not been treated at all...well, I was treated like a nutjob at the ER, but that's another story. I don't know what's gotten to me (or on me or keeps going at me or...). I've had the creepy-crawlies for several months. It started with being bitten by something, or feeling I was being bitten by something, small and evasive, along with my very first infestation of head lice - super lice, to be more exact - at the ripe old age of 48. Finally got rid of the head lice for sure a couple of weeks ago, but still get the crawlies and the biting sensations, and even have a couple of small, open wounds that look and felt/feel like the bites of something very small. For the record, I'm not a picker or even much of a scratcher as there's not been a lot of itching, so there are only those couple of very small open wounds on my skin. And I'm pretty darned sure those are bite wounds. There are just reddish, irritated looking areas on my skin, pain and some itching at the sites of those early, mean, slow-to-heal bites on my back, and the sensations of things walking around on and occasionally biting me.

I have no medical insurance and don't think I'd bother with the doctors if I did, having been wheeled into an CAT scan and my blood taken by the ER idiots who, had they listened to my complaints and taken a look at my skin and scalp, would have witnessed the party being thrown on my scalp by head lice (never mind that I told them that I thought maybe I had head lice but didn't know how to check for them...or anything about them, really) and the still-healing bites on my shoulders, back and torso. (At my sister's suggestion, I began treating for head lice that very night and, with them finally stilled, could feel them between my fingers - ewww - and popping or jumping out of my hair and landing in the tub I was bent over as I slathered on and then rinsed out the RID. The following night, my boyfriend updated me on the progress of the bites on my back that were still healing.)

I don't know if the head lice brought along something more that's still with me or if they were a part of something more but I've done a lot of reading in trying to figure it out. And that's how I knew that KallieKall's description of her would and rash is similar to the beginnings of Lyme Disease.

It's been quite a learning experience, one that I admit I would have opted out of if given the choice. Being forced through these lessons, the most valuable part that I'll come away with is learning first-hand of the horrible treatment - mistreatment, actually - of people like you and so many who've posted here, and of me, too, by the medical community, when seeking help for bug infestations or the sensation(s) thereof. There was a time that I would have doubted the testimony of sufferers of Lyme Disease, Morgellon's Disease, bird mite infestations, and the mystery creepy-crawlies because the doctors who allegedly examined them doubted them and labeled them delusional. But not anymore. There are too many - and more every day - with symptoms that are similar to identical, almost all of whom share complaints of identical mistreatment by the medical community. We can't all be delusional so, as far as I'm concerned, none of us are (and I tried to convince myself that I was!). Something is happening - something bad - and they can't get a handle on it so they just won't handle it at all. Cowards, all of them.

[Bettsey]

I'm in the same situation, they dont hear you... They think your crazy if you mention your research from the internet... Its hard, but like me keep looking for the answers. Good luck B

[floridacrackersx2]

we started with itching, i found my hair or scalp itching also. well we discovered bed bugs. got rid of them and i am still experiencing this crawling sensation and itching. no sign of lice. and it seems to be alot of the same spots. we do have a pet rat but we dont really hold him, especially me! got rid of the micro fiber furniture and got leather, no change in the crawling feeling. when i look to see what is on me there is nothing and we are talking about daytime when i am standing in my kitchen. it is happening right now. no sores just crawly itchy feeling. i have put diatomaceous earth powder down and hoping for the best. any suggestion on where or how to look for anything i havent looked for or seen already would be great. please help anyone, i am about to go to the er and let them call me crazy so i can go crazy :)

[floridacrackersx2]

we started with itching, i found my hair or scalp itching also. well we discovered bed bugs. got rid of them and i am still experiencing this crawling sensation and itching. no sign of lice. and it seems to be alot of the same spots. we do have a pet rat but we dont really hold him, especially me! got rid of the micro fiber furniture and got leather, no change in the crawling feeling. when i look to see what is on me there is nothing and we are talking about daytime when i am standing in my kitchen. it is happening right now. no sores just crawly itchy feeling. i have put diatomaceous earth powder down and hoping for the best. any suggestion on where or how to look for anything i havent looked for or seen already would be great. please help anyone, i am about to go to the er and let them call me crazy so i can go crazy :)

[nickig43]

i just want to say thank you for your post.  i went to 6 doctors from general to infectious disease to ER.  they all just looked at me like i was a lunatic.  something was biting me and moving around.  my foot was oozing pus , which there are plenty of worms in, but they just said i had athletes foot and once that clears then they will address the swelling and fever of 101.7 CONSTANTLY.  I too tried to convince myself that it was in my head but it just wouldnt go away.  so tons of research and diamatectous earth.  but you made me feel more sane.

[thesickpelican]

Have you looked at disseminated strongyloidiasis?  brought on by steroids.

[djmh]

I wonder if someome can tel me  how to get rid of crawley sensations in my head.sixteen years ago i got terrible stabbing pains in my head,esp just above left ear.a year later the docs said i had probably had the shingles.i still get the awful pains today.i have been told it is post herpetic neuralgia.i use axain cream.i cant sleep and these crawley feelings are so bad.i need some help desparately.thanks

[tlee570]

Is there such a thing as pin worms that are feet long? Ones that can enter all of your orifice's ? I feel a wave of electrical thread like things in the thousands that have swarmed me. They all move and when the thred becomes to tight my skin will break in a dry oval type sore then rip my skin open...It happened 10 years ago , went away and now I can feel it sliding again,,,,mouth ,eyes,anus..Like im just dripping it by thetons.........HELP

[sr_myr]

I don't think that's a bad guess, cheri855.  I have some kind of skin/circulation problem anyway, with very red toes - especially in weather over 60 degrees - and hands.  Now I feel there is something in the bottom of the arch of my foot, and on my face under my eye near my nose.  On the latter, it feels like crawling.  It can be felt from the outside on my foot.  The spot on my face comes after I rubbed under the eye last week, and I got a vertical wide red line there which is now going away.  I don't understand this, though.

[baffled708]

Yes I agree with you. For some time I wanted to think it was bugs, then I stumbled upon morgellon's and I thought it was inside of me. But I cannot help but noticed that when am not sitting at my desk and I switch chairs, it almost goes away completely. I can't help but notice people who come to my house scratching, and I can't ignore the fact that sometimes I walk by people on the bus, the swap at their arm, and look at their arm as if they are looking for something that bit them. I too notice people around me scratching. At work if people come to my cubicle and I am having a bad itching day, I notice them scratching their heads too. If I clean my area with Windex and it gets better, people come to my area and don't scratch. I do not know what the origin of this is, but I do know there are bugs involved with it. Or a fungus, or something we really can't see, but is there making others itch too.

[baffled708]

Yes I agree with you. For some time I wanted to think it was bugs, then I stumbled upon morgellon's and I thought it was inside of me. But I cannot help but noticed that when am not sitting at my desk and I switch chairs, it almost goes away completely. I can't help but notice people who come to my house scratching, and I can't ignore the fact that sometimes I walk by people on the bus, the swap at their arm, and look at their arm as if they are looking for something that bit them. I too notice people around me scratching. At work if people come to my cubicle and I am having a bad itching day, I notice them scratching their heads too. If I clean my area with Windex and it gets better, people come to my area and don't scratch. I do not know what the origin of this is, but I do know there are bugs involved with it. Or a fungus, or something we really can't see, but is there making others itch too.