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Anyone else have hands tingling after a deep breath?

I have a new symptom that I just noticed in the past few weeks.  When I exhale after sighing or taking a deep breath both my hands tingle.  It doesn't happen if I consciously take a deep breath, I can't make it happen.  Does this happen to anyone else?  The tingling only happens for a second, it kind of comes on like a wave or a shock and then goes away.  I have tingling at other times just out of the blue, but this happens every time I exhale deeply.  

I also had a hard time yesterday with my legs.  I had to stand for awhile and my legs started feeling really heavy and achy and I finally had to sit down.  For the rest of the day my right leg was achy.  I'm very discouraged right now because I had 2 days of feeling great last week and thought maybe I was going to be fine.  I thought I could finally get on with life.  I'm tired of feeling sick as I'm sure a lot of you  are.  I just wondered if anyone else experienced the tingling when they exhale.  It may be nothing but I guess I'm paying more attention to the little things.
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I have been diagnosed with lupus, but the last couple of weeks when I exhale deeply my fingers and hands tingle/electrical quickly and then go away, but I also can't make it happen by inhaling deeply.  Just when it's automatic, but it is every single time.  I would like to know what this is if anyone knows.
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For the past couple of days, I was having the same symptoms as you described...tingling hands and feet after a short breath. last night it hit me what it could be...do you take diuretics, or laxatives?  I do. Then, I started to get muscle cramps in the middle of the night and it hit me. I have low potassium levels. I immediately took a magnesium pill and a potassium supplement. Within an hour, the symptoms were gone. You could have low potassium levels. Especially if your drinking a lot of coffee and not enough fruits. Try taking a magnesium supplement along with the potassium (better absorption). Let me know if this helps you.
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look up heavy metal poisoning on google

many illnesses such as ms are caused by metals such as mercury and lead , from amalgams, vaccines, etc, .

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just a thought, had a similar experience and ER doc told me it was from hyperventilating.
who knows though!
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I have also had these same symtoms and I know mine are caused by smoking. Poor circulation is blood vessels become blocked and constricts the walls of the arteries and veins. This interrupts the normal flow of blood through the vessels and results in poor circulation.Which is the result of the tingling felt in your hands and finger tips. A variety of conditions can be brought on by poor circulation such as high blood pressure, hypertension, stroke, varicose veins, peripheral artery disease, heart disease, kidney damage, aneurysms, arteriosclerosis, Raynaud’s disease and phlebitis and of course SMOKING.



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I have exactly what you describe. I explained it to my rheumatologist when it first started 9 years ago and he said, "interesting symptom". I suppose that can be interpreted as I don't know and I don't care.

I don't have MS.

I was being treated for spondylosis and fibromyalgia. I am in remission from the spondylosis now, but not the fibro.
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