Posted 7/23/2020 6:52 PM (GMT -5)
Healthline describes it as this: “Allodynia is an unusual symptom that can result from several nerve-related conditions. When you're experiencing it, you feel pain from stimuli that don't normally cause pain. For example, lightly touching your skin or brushing your hair might feel painful.”
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I have seen this medical term mentioned on here from time to time. I am not familiar with most medical terms and usually just describe symptoms in plain English😊. Occasionally I look up words I don’t know the meaning of but often forget the definition, especially if there are other similar sounding medical terms that have different meanings. This was one of the things that hindered me the most when reading Buhner’s books. I wished a thousand times that he had included common descriptions of the medical symptoms he wrote about.
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Now that I have given the definition, here’s why I posted this. I just now experienced allodynia (extremely sensitive feelings in the skin) on the underside of my left forearm. It feels sensitive whether I touch it or not.
I have experienced this many times in my life, long before Lyme took over. I would have it all over when I had chills or fever. I would often have it when on my period. The underside of my arms was the most frequent place.
I had completely forgotten this even after hearing others mention it until it happened again today. Wondering if this is yet another lifelong symptom that has happened to me at times that I thought everyone had and didn’t know was not normal.
I used to think everyone occasionally had ringing in their ears (tinnitus), too. Mine started in childhood. My dad had it, too, so I didn’t know everybody didn’t have it.
Does this happen to everyone at times just like sneezes and hiccups, or is this unusual?