Prickly skin at times

jean70T
jean70T Member Posts: 16
in Breast Cancer #1

Four to five months past chemo and several weeks ago I started having my skin breakout with a prickly feeling.  It is there for a couple of minutes then goes away.  Sometimes if I get anxious or warm is when it happens.  Found a bit of info on the internet but wondering if anyone has had this and what they did for it.

jean70T

 

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  • disneyfan2008
    disneyfan2008 Member Posts: 6,583 Member
    #2
    HI...NO advice (I dint' do

    HI...NO advice (I dint' do chemo) but just wanted to say thinking of you and hope someone as some advice for you.

     

    Denise

  • jean70T
    jean70T Member Posts: 16
    #3
    disneyfan2008 said:

    HI...NO advice (I dint' do

    HI...NO advice (I dint' do chemo) but just wanted to say thinking of you and hope someone as some advice for you.

     

    Denise

    Thank you Denise
     
     

    Thank you Denise

     

     

  • cinnamonsmile
    cinnamonsmile Member Posts: 1,187 Member
    #4
    I get prickly sensations but

    I get prickly sensations but mine are from nerve damage from my BMX with node removal. It is neuropathy but just not from chemo. Being on high dosage of Prednisone long term has now given me diabetes and I notice that I get that prickly feeling in my feet when my sugar goes to high.

    Have you talked to your oncologist yet?

     

  • sea60
    sea60 Member Posts: 2,613
    #5
    Yes, I did.

    Jean, about 2 months out of Chemo, I would get on the treadmill and within 5 minutes, I would get a prickly sensation and an itchy rash. Once I cooled down, within an hour, it would clear up. I think it was the toxins sweating out of my body from Chemo. If it's any consolation, it does go away.

     

    Hope this helps and I hope you're doing well.

     

    Sylvia

  • Double Whammy
    Double Whammy Member Posts: 2,832 Member
    #6
    sea60 said:

    Yes, I did.

    Jean, about 2 months out of Chemo, I would get on the treadmill and within 5 minutes, I would get a prickly sensation and an itchy rash. Once I cooled down, within an hour, it would clear up. I think it was the toxins sweating out of my body from Chemo. If it's any consolation, it does go away.

     

    Hope this helps and I hope you're doing well.

     

    Sylvia

    I had it for quite a while

    I have no idea what it was about, but yes, I had prickly sweaty hot skin sensations for about a year I think.  I had chemo.  They were sort of like a hot flash, and I wanted to tear my skin off, then they would be gone.  I'd always forget to mention it to oncologist.    Mine did go away.  Hope yours do, too.

    Suzanne

     

  • Bella Luna
    Bella Luna Member Posts: 1,578 Member
    #7
    Ditto for Me

    Yes, I am familiar with that prickly skin sensation.  I think Sea60 hit the bullseye. 

    Ditto for me.  I felt the burning/prickly sensation when I'd start exercising, too.  I figured it was the toxins leaving my body via prespiration.  I finished with treatment back in 8/2010 and I still have a slight burning sensation.  It's more subtle now, but acts up every now and then.  Oh, make sure to keep drinking water. As you know, that helps flush out the toxins too.

     

     

  • jean70T
    jean70T Member Posts: 16
    #8
    prickly skin

    Thanks all of you who replied.  I feel better now that this will eventually go away - keeping positive.

  • carkris
    carkris Member Posts: 4,553 Member
    #9
    jean70T said:

    prickly skin

    Thanks all of you who replied.  I feel better now that this will eventually go away - keeping positive.

    I also had that feeling, I

    I also had that feeling, I thought it was hot flash type thing, it seemed to happen more in the summer when I was outside.

  • jean70T
    jean70T Member Posts: 16
    #10
    carkris said:

    I also had that feeling, I

    I also had that feeling, I thought it was hot flash type thing, it seemed to happen more in the summer when I was outside.

    Hopefully will go away. 

    Hopefully will go away.  Makes me wonder what it will be like in the summer.  Hope all is well with you and thanks for your response.

    jean70T

  • cinnamonsmile
    cinnamonsmile Member Posts: 1,187 Member
    #11
    cinnamonsmile said:

    I get prickly sensations but

    I get prickly sensations but mine are from nerve damage from my BMX with node removal. It is neuropathy but just not from chemo. Being on high dosage of Prednisone long term has now given me diabetes and I notice that I get that prickly feeling in my feet when my sugar goes to high.

    Have you talked to your oncologist yet?

     

    Lymphedema Is Also a Possibility

    Prickly skin feelings could also be associated with Lymphedema flare ups.

    I asked the people on breastcancer.org's Lymphedema section and many commented that they get prickly skin sensations when they have flare ups.

    I think it would be a good idea to discuss this with your doctor and rule out some of these things. If it lymphedema related, you want to get it under control. You may want to see a certified LE therapist that knows what they and is experienced just to make sure.

  • Heather MM
    Heather MM Member Posts: 4
    edited November 2019 #12
    Found something that helps

    My pin prickles happened whenever I had a hot flash Or would sweat.  It started about one month after chemo ended. They were absolutely agonizing for nine months. A friend of mine and I were talking about hair loss and she suggested I take the supplement hair, skin and nails. I started taking it and noticed that my pin prickles went away. I had seen a neurologist,  had all sorts of different tests done. Only for him to say it was not a neurological problem. I have continued  taking hair skin and nails and am almost pain-free. The days I forget to take the hair skin and nails the pin pickles come back as bad as they ever were. I still have hot flashes but they don't hurt. Before I felt like I had thousands of slivers or pins jabbing me all at the same time. 

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