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Weird hair and spider feelings on my hand

I have had MS for 10 years and have been experiencing weird feelings of a hair wrapped around my one of my left fingers or a spider crawling on my left hand or arm.
I was just wondering if anyone else has had similar feelings?

  1. I get those feelings! Most often around my biceps and feet, but sometimes around my fingers and hands. It will drive me crazy for hours sometimes!

    I mentioned it to my current neurologist and he just looked at me like I was crazy. It's like a little thread going across the entire affected area is being pulled taut and there's this pressure going in a line across whatever area I'm feeling it at the time. So maddening!

    I have no answers, no advice, but experience this too. 💜💜

    1. Ah, yes, ! Those dreaded "creepy crawly" type feelings! I know that quite a few of our members experience them, whether it's feeling like you have bug crawling on you, or a sensation of stray hair you just can't catch, you're not alone in this! One of our contributors wrote about her experince with those weird sensations -- https://multiplesclerosis.net/living-with-ms/skin-crawling. And another contributor wrote about his skin sensation experiences here -- https://multiplesclerosis.net/living-with-ms/skin-sensations. It's definitely one of the weirder MS symptoms a person might deal with! And, yes, it can be quite maddening!

      Best, Erin, Team Member.

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