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Suggestions for helping: Numbness, tingling & sharp prick sensations

KristiF
KristiF CSN Member Posts: 8
in Breast Cancer #1

My mom has completed her treatment for Triple Negative, but now enjoying some side effects.

Can anyone offer anything to try?

Thank you!!

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  • TechMama
    TechMama CSN Member Posts: 28
    #2
    Numbness, tingling, and sharp

    Numbness, tingling, and sharp prick sensations sound like neuropathy, a common side effect of at least chemotherapy and possibly also radiation.  Definitely discuss with her oncologist, though, because while I had chemo-induced neuropathy, it can also come from things like diabetes.  My chemo-induced neuropathy did eventually go away (about a year later).

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  • cinnamonsmile
    cinnamonsmile CSN Member Posts: 1,187 Member
    #3
    There are a few bits of

    There are a few bits of information that could help: did she have a lumpectomy or mastectomy? did she have lymph nodes removed? Did she have radiation? And what parts of the body does she feel them in?

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  • Teach76
    Teach76 CSN Member Posts: 354 Member
    #4
    Look for signs

    Not sure how long she has been experiencing this, but in reading about numbness, etc, I can only recall my experience.  depending on where the symptoms are, be on the look out for SHINGLES.  I was told any stresser to the body can cause an outbreak.  Mine came between chemo and surgery.

     

       I still have neuropathy in hands 5 months post chemo, and 7 weeks post surgery.  I found that Ibuprophen does help.

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