What causes numbness and burning sensation in arms and feet?

Hi doctor,

For the past three weeks, I have been having all kinds of symptoms. For the last six months, I have had a burning sensation and numbness in my legs when I stand or sit for too long. I worked through it for a while, and then I noticed that I would get a burning sensation all over. The burning sensation tends to come and go on its own.

Three weeks ago, I woke up, and it felt like I had just done an intense workout. Both arms and legs were hurting, and that night, I had terrible pain in my left pinky and ring finger. The day after that, I noticed my muscles were twitching. I first saw them in my leg, but now I feel them everywhere. I still have an itch in my foot, along with twitching. Last week, I had constant arm pain; it almost felt like a cramping, but the muscles were not contracting, and they were sore. I also get achy pain in my fingers and toes. I did notice last week while lying in bed that my leg jumped. Today, pins and needles have gotten a little worse as I felt them all around my body.

I just had an x-ray of my back, and my GP said I had some minimal degenerative disk disease in my thoracic spine. I do not know if that has anything to do with these symptoms. A routine blood test reveals an elevated ESR level (41 from 36) and a high CRP level of 9.9. I currently have Meloxicam and Pantoprazole.

My father has MS, and I do not know if this could be it. Any advice would be great.

Thank you.

Hi doctor,

Thanks for the reply.

I am just wondering if the pain from peripheral neuropathy moves around the body and comes and goes I am not getting the pins and needles sensation anymore.

l get what I describe as an achy pain sometimes in my fingers, knees, and buttocks. I will also get sharp pains when I push on the muscle and it hurts, and I get a burning sensation in my body.

These pains do come and go on both sides of the body, however, I have noticed that the pain does tend to come back to the same places in the body even though they come and go. For example, my forearms have a terrible pain that comes and goes. It happens on both sides of the body.

Could this still be neuropathy or is this more like fibromyalgia or an autoimmune disorder? My last blood work did show an ESR of 41 mm per hour and a CRP of 10 milligrams per deciliter. Please help.

Thanks.

Hi doctor,

Thanks for the reply.

I just noticed a dent in my left arm. Is this atrophy? I do not have any weakness, I do have some arm pain but not in the spot with the dent. I got an EMG down on my right side but this dent is on my left. My neurologist said that my EMG on my right is consistent with a neuropathy. At the time I was having symptoms on my right. Now they are mostly on my left. I have pain in my upper forearm and bicep. Should I ask to get another EMG?

Thanks.