Lately, my skin HURTS! Especially on my arms. Like someone rubbed sandpaper all over it! Very sensitive to touch and then fades away. Trying to figure it out. Anyone ever have these symptoms? Leaky gut?
Thanks in advance!!
Mandy
Anyone ever have this symptom?
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Mandy, that's an excellent way to describe it and YES!! I've always found it difficult to describe without making it sound like something it's not. I've had it for years and it comes and goes with no pattern. I was told it was part of chronic pain syndrome/fibromyalgia issue, which means they just don't know. It's an odd and very annoying sensation. I also get it on the front of my upper legs. My husband gives me frequent massages and there are times when it is too painful when he hits those areas- like someone pressing deeply into a bruise.
Probably not. A blood test shows results based on a snapshot of one moment in time, whereas a hair analysis would show a history of results based on at least several months or more. One test or the other might provide better information on certain individual vitamins and minerals, but for most of them a blood test is probably more practical. Hair analysis would probably be more useful for information on issues such as heavy metals and other toxic materials, but that's just my opinion, and you probably won't find it chiseled in stone anywhere. 
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Hi Mandy,
It sounds like you are explaining exactly what I go through almost every day. One of my doctors diagnosed it as Allodynia. (a pain due to a stimulus which does not normally provoke pain. Temperature or physical stimuli can provoke allodynia, and it often occurs after injury to a site) If you look up the term you can decide for yourself if it's what you are experiencing.
With that being said, I was told that my body has tried to repair itself (while in some kind of pain) and new nerve endings are created along the nerve too brain pathway. Once we create all of these nerve endings that our brain excepts as "pain", we are left with Allodynia. I have also been given a very simple answer of...you have fibromyalgia. Soooo, there it is. Doctors don't know enough about it to really understand what we are going through and they will either prescribe you some type of antidepressant to "increase your pain tolerance", or they might suggest pain killers.
I find that extreme temps., migraines, having a fever or flare up can really exacerbate the allodynia. I hope that some of this helps and I hope you find relief soon.
It sounds like you are explaining exactly what I go through almost every day. One of my doctors diagnosed it as Allodynia. (a pain due to a stimulus which does not normally provoke pain. Temperature or physical stimuli can provoke allodynia, and it often occurs after injury to a site) If you look up the term you can decide for yourself if it's what you are experiencing.
With that being said, I was told that my body has tried to repair itself (while in some kind of pain) and new nerve endings are created along the nerve too brain pathway. Once we create all of these nerve endings that our brain excepts as "pain", we are left with Allodynia. I have also been given a very simple answer of...you have fibromyalgia. Soooo, there it is. Doctors don't know enough about it to really understand what we are going through and they will either prescribe you some type of antidepressant to "increase your pain tolerance", or they might suggest pain killers.
I find that extreme temps., migraines, having a fever or flare up can really exacerbate the allodynia. I hope that some of this helps and I hope you find relief soon.
Hi, I take my trace elements according to my hair analysis tests. They change according to the trace elements and ratio results. I get a eight to ten page report. It explains the results and the last two pages recommends foods to avoid and foods that can be increased. I get tested every six months. I use Trace Elements Inc, in Addison Texas. Jon