What causes a tingling sensation on the skin?

People sometimes feel some tingling sensations on their skin, but this feeling is usually not so strong and is relatively mild. Only a very small number of patients will be affected in their normal life and work. Generally, as long as the cause of the disease is found and corresponding treatment is given, the effect of complete improvement can be achieved. However, patients must pay special attention to avoid eating spicy foods as much as possible, as these foods will make the situation worse.

From the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, the first thing to consider is poor physical fitness. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that it is due to the stagnation of qi on the body's surface, which belongs to wind and heat. You can apply some cooling oil to the painful area to relieve the pain, or you can take vitamin C, Yinqiao and other medicines to clear the surface qi. Traditional Chinese medicine suggests that people in this situation should pay attention to getting more rest, drinking plenty of water, eating a light diet as much as possible, and appropriately increasing nutritional elements. They should pay attention to a balanced nutrition, eat less spicy, greasy and other irritating foods, and it is best to eat more fruits and vegetables. They should also pay attention to adjusting their mentality and try to avoid low-pressure emotions such as anxiety, panic and depression. Finally, they should also pay attention to protecting themselves from the wind when going out.

From the perspective of Western medicine, if there are no obvious changes on the skin surface, it may not be a problem with the skin itself, or there may not be obvious symptoms of skin damage in the early stages of the skin lesion. This situation is mostly due to neuralgia, most likely thermal nerve hypersensitivity, but it may also be caused by referred pain from visceral lesions or nerve root irritation symptoms from spinal lesions. Therefore, Western medicine will recommend patients to go to the hospital's pain department for examination. If the nearby hospital does not have a pain department, they should go to the general internal medicine department or the more professional neurology department for examination. In short, the earlier the treatment and the earlier the examination, the less damage to the body.

Sometimes we may feel a tingling sensation on our skin from time to time, but there is nothing unusual on the surface of our skin, and we have not suffered any physical injury. Sometimes some people will have an inexplicable tingling sensation, like being pricked by a needle, but there is no abnormality on the surface of the skin. From the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, this is due to the stagnation of qi on the body surface, which belongs to wind and heat; from the perspective of Western medicine, this is caused by local cutaneous neuritis, such as referred pain from visceral lesions, nerve root irritation symptoms from spinal lesions, etc.