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Sean
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 Posted - 11/01/2007 : 11:51:08
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| This may seem like a weird question, but sometimes I wake up in the middle of the night with lower back pain and I notice that my skin is cold where the pain is (lower back). The rest of my body is nice and warm from being under the blankets. I don't always have pain at night, but when I do wake up with pain, my skin is usually cold in that area. Has anyone else experienced this? |
Edited by - Sean on 11/01/2007 11:51:47 |
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HellNY
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Posted - 11/01/2007 : 13:27:57
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This sounds consistent with reduced blood flow |
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Sean
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Posted - 11/01/2007 : 18:17:16
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| That's why I mentioned it, but it seems rather extreme. It doesn't seem logical that reduced blood flow to a muscle or tendon can really make the local area that different in temperature? |
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painintheneck
USA
124 Posts |
Posted - 11/01/2007 : 19:02:07
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| My painful areas, neck and upper back are usually warmer and feel imflamed as opposed to being cooler. |
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HellNY
130 Posts |
Posted - 11/02/2007 : 12:26:04
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All I can tell you is that painful areas of my body also get cold. To the touch. |
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Penny
USA
364 Posts |
Posted - 11/05/2007 : 21:51:48
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Hi Sean,
One of my TMS sx is Raynaud's-painful freezing cold hands and feet caused by constriction of blood vessels. I get this when I'm stressed out about something or if I have to do something that I am dreading. Instead of focusing on the pain, I have retrained my reaction to try to identify the emotional contributors.
Perhaps you are dreaming about something that your body is trying to distract your conscious from, so you wake up. Try to ignore the pain and go right back to sleep.
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mamaboulet
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Posted - 11/06/2007 : 06:19:19
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That's interesting, and does seem consistent with reduced blood flow. One of the earliest weird body symptoms I had was this one spot on my back, below my left shoulder blade, toward the spine (right where I started having massive back spasms a few years ago), I would get a weird tingling (I am now familiar with that tingle, as I'm sure you all are too)that would turn to a burning feeling. The skin would visibly get red and hot, and would be faintly numb to the touch on the surface. It happened so often and was so weird, that I finally went to a doctor about it. He scratched his head and said that as best he could tell, it was just some weird AUTONOMIC body response to who knows what.
I'm telling you, sometimes this whole thing reminds me of some madman loose in the warehouse. He's just pushing all those buttons and making everything go wacky, just because he can. |
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Penny
USA
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Posted - 11/09/2007 : 15:14:48
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Originally posted by mamaboulet
I'm telling you, sometimes this whole thing reminds me of some madman loose in the warehouse. He's just pushing all those buttons and making everything go wacky, just because he can.
I love that Mamaboulet! Hahahah! Very funny and so true. I call my TMS my Voodoo doctor. It's like, lalalalala, walking along the beautiful path of life, then AHHHH!!! OUCH!!!!!! Where the BLEEPTY BLEEP did that pain come from? hahahah! (Of course the voodoo doctor is my subconscious, crazy kid that she is!)
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Edited by - Penny on 11/09/2007 15:15:48 |
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