Rachel W
27-03-10, 13:08
Hi guys,
I have posted before as I have been getting burning sensations on my skin, which I know a few others here have been having. It does not feel like sunburn however and the skin is not at all sensitive to touch, so from what I know it is probably not neuropathy (any reassurance on this however would be appreciated). My main symptom is that if I am leaning against a surface, or areas where my skin is near another area of skin, then it is as if I am just more sensitive to heat. It has been most consistent in my lower back when I lean for a while, and although I have been told by my Mum that my skin does not seem warmer than normally would be after leaning, it feels as if i am sitting against a heat pad. Sometimes I can get this if I place a warm hand on my thigh as well.
So basically it feels like my skin is just feeling heat more than it actually is.
I have OCD and take 30 minute showers a day and also the heat has been on in the house quite high, and I have been indoors most of the winter due to my study.
Sometimes my throat also feels the warmth like I have just drunk a strong liquor, and my chest area and stomach also get this feeling as well as my upper arms, back and thighs.
Is it possible that I could have dry skin made sensitive to heat from being inside so much? I do not have any real rash, but have keratosis pilaris (blocked pores) on my arms that I have had for years, and a few of this on my stomach and back also.
One thing however is that I have noticed that my skin can look a little silvery in certain light. Could this just be dry skin cells? I know that psoriasis looks silver and that is due to a build up of dry skin cells that do not shed, so is it possible that dry skin could also look like this?
I am terrified that I have some sort of all over body skin infection like yeast or herpes, but assume that if this was the case then it would not be in doubt, and if it was covering so much an area then I would be pretty sick?
Please help, i am starting to freak out again and it is just such an irritating feeling to constantly have this warm glow feeling. I have even been having my Mum check my head for a fever but most of the time I am cooler than her.
I have posted before as I have been getting burning sensations on my skin, which I know a few others here have been having. It does not feel like sunburn however and the skin is not at all sensitive to touch, so from what I know it is probably not neuropathy (any reassurance on this however would be appreciated). My main symptom is that if I am leaning against a surface, or areas where my skin is near another area of skin, then it is as if I am just more sensitive to heat. It has been most consistent in my lower back when I lean for a while, and although I have been told by my Mum that my skin does not seem warmer than normally would be after leaning, it feels as if i am sitting against a heat pad. Sometimes I can get this if I place a warm hand on my thigh as well.
So basically it feels like my skin is just feeling heat more than it actually is.
I have OCD and take 30 minute showers a day and also the heat has been on in the house quite high, and I have been indoors most of the winter due to my study.
Sometimes my throat also feels the warmth like I have just drunk a strong liquor, and my chest area and stomach also get this feeling as well as my upper arms, back and thighs.
Is it possible that I could have dry skin made sensitive to heat from being inside so much? I do not have any real rash, but have keratosis pilaris (blocked pores) on my arms that I have had for years, and a few of this on my stomach and back also.
One thing however is that I have noticed that my skin can look a little silvery in certain light. Could this just be dry skin cells? I know that psoriasis looks silver and that is due to a build up of dry skin cells that do not shed, so is it possible that dry skin could also look like this?
I am terrified that I have some sort of all over body skin infection like yeast or herpes, but assume that if this was the case then it would not be in doubt, and if it was covering so much an area then I would be pretty sick?
Please help, i am starting to freak out again and it is just such an irritating feeling to constantly have this warm glow feeling. I have even been having my Mum check my head for a fever but most of the time I am cooler than her.