Sarahx
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I've spent months looking for an explanation for whats going on, my doctor said "i dunno" and that was about it.
All the images Ive looked up of hand muscle atrophy are spot on. Some of the pictures I had to check to be sure weren't mine!
The difference being, and its a big one, it happens periodically. Sometimes a month or weeks between, and the 'attacks' last 5-7 hours. However, its not just my hands, its everywhere. Legs, feet, stomach, arms, face, tongue, hands etc.
And theres a few symptoms I can't find anywhere. It starts like a quick and severely painful jab of a needle, sometimes enough to make me seriously jerk, and it lasts 2-3 seconds. The area where the pain occurs has that sort of indentation you see in the pictures.
When it fades after a 10-20 seconds, theres this white looking spot under the skin. Its slightly swollen, and the 'white' spot almost looks like a blister under the skin, or even s scar. But that fades after a few minutes.
If its a particularly bad attack (you can see it best in the hands) and theres multiple ones in quick succession around the same area, the spots look like they overlap each other under the skin.
The closest Ive gotten to anything similar is muscle atrophy or ALS atrophy, but they both look like degenerative conditions rather than chronic.
I was also diagnosed with Trigeminal Neuralgia about 8 years ago, but this has started a few months ago.
All the images Ive looked up of hand muscle atrophy are spot on. Some of the pictures I had to check to be sure weren't mine!
The difference being, and its a big one, it happens periodically. Sometimes a month or weeks between, and the 'attacks' last 5-7 hours. However, its not just my hands, its everywhere. Legs, feet, stomach, arms, face, tongue, hands etc.
And theres a few symptoms I can't find anywhere. It starts like a quick and severely painful jab of a needle, sometimes enough to make me seriously jerk, and it lasts 2-3 seconds. The area where the pain occurs has that sort of indentation you see in the pictures.
When it fades after a 10-20 seconds, theres this white looking spot under the skin. Its slightly swollen, and the 'white' spot almost looks like a blister under the skin, or even s scar. But that fades after a few minutes.
If its a particularly bad attack (you can see it best in the hands) and theres multiple ones in quick succession around the same area, the spots look like they overlap each other under the skin.
The closest Ive gotten to anything similar is muscle atrophy or ALS atrophy, but they both look like degenerative conditions rather than chronic.
I was also diagnosed with Trigeminal Neuralgia about 8 years ago, but this has started a few months ago.