Itchy, periodic, bee stinging sensations all over body?

[sammycung]

Hi, I wasn't quite sure of what topic to put this under, so I think neurology is the closest, if not, the right one.

Ok, so for ages, like maybe 2 years now. I have been experiencing these Itchy-bee-sting like sensations all over my body, and when I say all over my body, I don't mean all at the one time, it's more of a periodic type of sensation that just 'pops' up in different places around my body, for example; I just had one on my leg, then 5 seconds later I got one on my stomach, and then my foot. These prickle/stings that I feel do not have any visual symptoms, such as bumps rash, etc. It's just invisible pain "literally the feeling that a bee just stung me real quick". Right now, it is 1:52 AM and I am awake because these stings are too intense, and can not be ignored, no matter how tired I am. I take anti-histamines (claratyne) and it doesn't seem to rid them, not even in the slightest. These 'stings' have been going on for 4 days now and I have lost so much sleep. They don't seem to go away, not even for a little bit during the day. I'm really not sure as to what is causing them, like I can’t think of a trigger, maybe my soaps? Who knows, but all the soaps I use are soap free. When these 'sting-things' happen, I feel I have to scratch them for them to go away, or it turns into an intense sting, it just gets really strong and painful and then slowly tapers off.
Please help me, when I explain this to my GP, he says he has never heard such a thing!
Any insight would be great, thanks kindly, Samantha.

[Gabbi116]

With me it usually happens when I exercise--not always though.  Sometimes it just happens.  But frequently it's after I get home from the gym.   It's horrible.  I was told it was probably hives, but there are no hives.  It seems more like a nerve thing to me.  Hope yours or mine never come back again!!!

[sammycung]

Yeah, yours actually could be a heat allergy, they are quite common after doing a work out when you get warm and hot! ...I have noticed that they get really bad for me after i go out for a suntan, so maybe we both have heat allergies. Weird hay! Who would of thought that people can have ann allergy to heat!?

[francesemily]

I have had symptoms exactly like Sammycum's for about 13 years now, gradually getting worse.  At first it was a few times a month, then gradually more often, usually at night, until finally it was every day, day and night, off and on.  

About six months ago I also started getting a periodic all-over stinging sensation, kind of like stinging nettle or tiny cactus prickles, along with the intense sudden itch described above at random places all over, and occasionally stinging sensations like ant bites or being poked with a needle.  

It is not an allergy (does not respond to antihistimines) and there is no rash or skin discoloration).  Blood tests show that it does not involve the liver, and there is no diabetes.  It is helped by Lyrica, which is also used for shingles and neuropathy in diabetics, so the official diagnosis (by my GP) is neurogenic itch, but we don't know the cause or cure.  

I am finally seeing an alternative practitioner and am trying such things as a parasite cleanse and homeopathic preparations.  I think exercise has also helped.  I will add more if and when I get results from the alternative treatments that I am trying.  Meantime, Lyrica definitely helps, especially at night so I can sleep.

[Schifette]

OMGoodness u just described what I'm experiencing right this minute.  I do have Osteoarthritis and I do go to a rheumatologist and I have taken gabapentin but on when we it's really cold here in Alabama and that's not until January thru March.  So reading this I know I'm not going crazy.  Great page for this info

[sam_amilia]

Thanks for your reply, i started to lean towards a nervous system cause of my "stings" as there just purely wasn't any other cause. I feel like i have MS, but all my MRI's are normal....i gave up looking for answers! I hope yours eases a little.
Take care, Sammy

Ps this is my new account, i don't use sammycung anymore.
x

[rafal_9]

I have similar symptoms but only in abdominal part of my body, i am just wondering if you found something that may make it better

[CindyGirl123]

I have been having these same stinging episodes within the last week for the first time. that's why i googled it and found this thread. it makes sense that it's the nerves bc my neck was out and i learned long ago how to gently place the C2 and C3 back into joint. The stings stopped for the night. It's 3 days later and i have a 'crick' in my neck and i'm stinging in lots of places on my body, random in appearance and very annoying. i'm grateful to know it's 'something' but not related to my liver bc i'm at a Cancer Center about to go thru a bone marrow transplant and they've found nothing in my liver. An enzyme was increased but is not decreasing and transplant is back on schedule. This tells me in might be a pinched nerve as someone mentioned above. But also glad to hear someone might have a name for it 'neurgenic itch'.

[chrisbobby]

makes a good band name too..  Al Ergic and the Neurogenic Itch :)

[Geronimodusty]

I have exactly what everyone here is talking about, the sudden pinch, like a bee sting, and the stinging, itching ect. I went to an allergy doctor, was tested for 400 things, and I am allergic to nothing! It can get so bad, I could cut my skin off in that area. I went to 3 other kind of doctors also, dermatology, ect. after about 3 years of hell, I discovered how to help it by accident. one day my arms were going crazy, and actually bleeding some from me gouging with my finger nails. I had to go somewhere, so I changed my short sleeve top and put on a heaver long sleeve T shirt. Within a minute it stopped stinging! I have figured out that to keep it calmed down most of the time, I take a shower, slather my arms and legs with CereVe thick cream in the little tub, and VERY quickly put on a fairly snug fitting thin long sleeve stretchy t shirt, and whatever else I am going to wear over it. I also do the same with my legs. I put lots of body powder every where else. I can't have any fabric soft like Downy, and a free and clear soap. For soap in the shower, I use Nivea body wash. I tried Dove bar soap, and the minute I stepped out, my skin went crazy. I started thinking that I was allergic to the darn air! I am starting to think I am allergic to what is in the air. Last month, my son got a job in a large super store doing loss prevention. He had to quit because it involved holding a hand scanner all day. even on the first day he came home with what he called burning spots on his skin in various places. He was off for the next day, and it stopped. He came home the next day doing it again. He had places where it got red, and the hair on his arms and legs looked like it had been burned off. He tried to last to try to work through it, but it kept going, with scanner in his hand the sting started, take a day off, and no stinging. We believe he is allergic to this 4G, 5G, or Bluetooth or whatever the scanners are. After that happened to him I am thinking I really am allergic to what is in the air, its just I don't have to touch a scanner, I just react to that being in the air all around us. By the way, one doctor told me it was my imagination. The 5 G industry have not done any testing for that, all these towers that are everywhere. Keep that in mind when in the near future, everyone is reacting with all these skin problems, ect.

[Geronimodusty]

I forgot to add. NEVER

[Hezett]

Here is the STUPIDEST question...
Could this be from a childhood vaccine?
... I only ask because I've been seeing a lot of adverse reactions from these new vaccines coming out and stabbing pains ARE one of the side effects but they say they'll go away pretty fast. But the thing that REALLY makes me wonder is how the doctors REFUSE to acknowledge these weird problems other people are reporting could possibly be related to a vaccine.
MY doctor told me "Your Pain is All in Your Head"  and she was extraordinarily dismissive. Didn't want to know anything about the severity of my pains, didn't ask ANYTHING about them. just dismissed entirely.

I also have CMT disease but the traditional science has said there's no pain with this condition.. I have SO MANY KINDS OF PAIN that I really am starting to suspect something else is going on here.
Anyway that's just my 2 cents.