Random sharp and concentrated pains throughout body

[vitenspe]

Since I was a teen, I have had these random sharp pains throughout various parts of my body that will occur in concentrated bursts of pain in a particular area for short periods of time. Sometimes pain will re-appear in the same area throughout the day and other times it will appear at seemingly unrelated part of my body. For example, it happened today and began with concentrated burst of pain half way up my inner left thigh. This pain would intensify which would cause me to wince in pain and then release and then repeat all over again every 5-10 seconds for about a minute. This pain did not radiate anywhere but only within a specific point. Then this same stabbing sensation occurred half way up to the first knuckle of my right middle finger about 30 minutes later. Then immediately following this finger pain I felt pain in my right foot at the joint of my middle toe. I have no idea what causes this and both of my siblings report similar type of pain issues. Friends think this is quite strange. As a teenager, everyone called these "growing pains" but I am 30 years old and don't believe this title still applies. Any ideas on possible causes? A friend of mine recommended acupuncture but of course I cringe at the thought of needles.

[Boobiesinmymouth]

I'm 22 female mother one 2  and lately for the past year and half I get shots of pain almost everywhere in my head back of head lungs chest arm lately it feel I might have a pelvic problem or appendix I have been feeling pain on my right side for three days idk does any one exactly know we all wanna kno

[RobertNoble]

i too have a a pain like this, but its short bursts almost a stabbing pain. I did a test where i tried to figure out what this problem is, heres my conclusion:
i figured out that when i ate, and laid down or sat in a funny position, i would have these pains, even hours later. I tried this and have been doing for about a week, i found this helps but doesn't fully cure it. i do hope you try this and tell me what happens, thanks -Rob

[angelim]

It might sound crazy.. but I had all types of weird pain, last month I discovered that I have gluten sensitivity/allergy.. so I stopped taking gluten.. right now, I do not have any more weird pain happening to me..
It feels like I had slime in between my muscle fibers which was causing pain.. also was causing hyper active sinus and I had a cold almost every week!  But now I don't have any of them any more.. hope this helps!

[Dustydebbie]

Wow! I haven't heard anything like that before. Thank you.

[Victoriaruth1989]

I am having exactly what you have described. Random shooting pains in random places seeming unrelated to each other . Can be in my foot for 10-30 seconds then disappear next tone in my thumb. Very strange. Not so painful its unbearable but slightly uncomfortable. Doctors have tested blood for everything cant find anything wrong! Driving me mad. Had it around a year now and Im. 27 . Anyone ever get any answers? Only happens in legs arms and neck

[scrahal1]

I'm pretty sure it's caused by stress. For me, I think it's strictly anxiety-related. I've had my random, sharp pains since before I was 12 (I'm 28 now), and they seem to correlate with my stress level. Sometimes they go away for months. It could be that it's different for others. Allergies and diseases of all kinds cause physical stress to the body, so it's possible that the stress from the illness causes something similar. I found this article today that seems to explain the symptom accurately:
http://www.anxietycentre.com/anxiety/symptoms/shooting-pains-anxiety.shtml

[Mtminer]

I am a 60 year old male and I suffer the exact same thing.  I have for as far back as I can remember and I have a long memory.  They can happen at any point in my body.  Including my abdomen and thorax areas as well as my face, head or extremities.  They come on quickly out of no where and can last from a minute or so up to several minutes before fading away.

The cascading effect you described can happen but seems to a rare event for me. I rarely make a sound when it hits but it does make stop what ever I am doing and wait for it pass. It can occur at the same spot with multiple events. It seems to be happening more frequently these days and can wake me out of a sound sleep. It sure would be nice to learn what causes it.  

[BonBon911]

I have what I call "Sparks" in every part of my body. Even my cuticles and nail bed hurt. After holding my phone after 10 minutes, my hand freezes. It hurts bad. I know I have Lyme Disease. I'm trying to also find out what this is?