What Causes Tingling Sensation In Face?

Posted on Tue, 2 Sep 2014

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Tue, 2 Sep 2014 Answered on

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Question : I have had a tingling in my face( cheeks, chin, forehead) about a week . It just moved into my left arm area. I am 57 yrs. old , 5' 3, 152lbs. have anxety, stress, headaches, trouble concentrating etc. Tingling is annoying more than pain. I just keep trying to make it go away by touching feeling etc. can you help. No insurance and medicaid turned me down.

Answered by Dr. Vidya KR (4 hours later)

Brief Answer:
Need details on symptoms

Detailed Answer:
Hi, thanks for using Healthcaremagic

I went through your query and understood your concerns.

I need some more details on your history.
Since how long you are suffering from this?
Any history of migraine or in your family?
is there any skin changes over face like rashes?
History of diabetes or hypertension?

common cause for your symptoms are neuropathy could be from pressure over nerve or inflammation of nerve itself.
If its sudden in onset and associated with any weakness in limbs with or with out history of hypertension , then it needs immediated evaluation to rule out problem in brain.

Get back to me with above details to help you in a better way.

Wish you a good health.

Regards

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar