Burning skin sensation - Fibromyalgia Message Board

jenilee70 · 08-26-2007, 03:26 PM

I'm dealing with daily pain in my hands, which is sometimes crippling and sometimes just annoying.

My fingers are stiff and painful, and I also have pain in the back of my hand, wrists and sometimes elbows.

One symptom that perplexes me is a sort of a "burning skin" sensation. The skin on a part of my hand will be very sensitive and when I touch it with a feather-light touch, it will hurt. Sort of like when you have sunburnt skin. It even feels uncomfortable to have the sleeve of my top graze the skin.

Right now, the whole side of my left hand feels like this, from the forearm through the wrist to the beginning of the little finger. Is this fibromyalgia or something else? Is this something the rest of you are familiar with and what can be done?

rosebuddy · 08-26-2007, 04:15 PM

I have experienced this type of burning all over my body before, even the soles of my feet. I couldn't stand to let anything touch my skin except for a very soft sheet. That was at onset of fibro 3 years ago. I still have burning patches on my arms, elbows, thighs, and face. Air conditioning and cold fronts set it off. It also precedes severe fibrofog flares. Neurontin 300 - 600 mg. is the only thing i have found that relieves the pain. I keep it on hand for this one purpose. I hope that this will work for you and that you're feeling better soon.

GodsGirl4ever06 · 08-26-2007, 07:16 PM

I get random spots like that all the time. Usually on my hands, arms, neck, and feet. Unfortunantly, I have not found anything that makes it feel better, I just wait it out. Which sucks . . .

BeHappy2 · 08-26-2007, 09:23 PM

Hi Jenilee, I am very familiar with what symptoms you are explaining. It has to be a fibro nerve pain that flares in my opinion. I also have this burning sensations in both feet. All can be extremely painful. Your burning skin sensation is for real, as my Rheumy has said, this is a new way of life i have to adjust to. I don't like it one bit but reading posts here and reading how others cope with Fibro is a must. Sharing our pain and ways to live with Fibro.
My burning sensations in feet never leave, i am now developing sores between toes. Have no idea of how or why so, I'll see what a foot doc can tell me what's going on with the sores.

BeHappy2

Angie10 · 08-27-2007, 07:52 PM

Hi Jenilee,

I get random areas of skin that burns out of the blue. It feels deeper than a sun burn - like it goes to the bone. It is primarily on my legs. I don't like anything to touch my skin when this happens but many a time this cannot be helped. I can't imagine how challenging it must be for you to have the burning in your hands but I can relate to the pain in the fingers, hands, wrists, and elbows, as well.

I wish there was something I could suggest for you but I haven't found anything to make it go away any quicker. I am on Celexa and Neurontin and both medications have reduced my pain levels.

I hope you feel better soon and I wish you the best!