# Nettle sting??? **URL:** \ **Category:** Primary progressive MS\ **Created:** [24 April 2015 10:48 UTC](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/t/nettle-sting/7667 "2015-04-24T10:48:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![shellyonthebeach](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/53a042/32.png) [@shellyonthebeach](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/u/shellyonthebeach)\ **Post date:** [24 April 2015 10:48 UTC](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/t/nettle-sting/7667/1 "2015-04-24T10:48:02Z")
Hello, just wondered if anyone else sufferers with the tingly feelings, Like menthol or day old nettle sting feeling? I have it quite bad at the moment, my arms and face and lips particuly left side its so weird i had it before but today seems especially bad in fact lips like iv’e eaten very hot chilli. I hope everyone is well. Michelle x ---
**Author:** ![hoppity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8e8cbc/32.png) [@hoppity](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/u/hoppity)\ **Post date:** [25 April 2015 05:28 UTC](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/t/nettle-sting/7667/2 "2015-04-25T05:28:02Z")
Nope not me. I get that chilli burn when I eat chillies or I would if I ate them that’s another delight I doubt I will encounter again Still I have discovered so many new indigestion remedies it almost makes up for the fact I avoid some food stuffs. Is it a form of neuralgia? Temperature dependant or eased by medication? One for the GP or MS nurse me thinks. Have a good weekend. Xxx Don​ ---
**Author:** ![Ninagrace7](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/779978/32.png) [@Ninagrace7](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/u/Ninagrace7)\ **Post date:** [25 April 2015 09:46 UTC](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/t/nettle-sting/7667/3 "2015-04-25T09:46:08Z")
Hi Michelle, I get get a lot of strange skin problems some of which are similar to the type you describe. I’ve tried endless things to see if I can relieve it but the only thing, as yet, that I’ve found to help is Lanacane cream, from boots, it has anaesthetic properties and will just numb the area for a while. It is nerve endings causing the problem. Neither my nurse, neuro or GP have ever given me anything that works as well as Lanacane cream. Hope that’s of some use Michelle, Nina x ---
**Author:** ![hellMS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/5fc32e/32.png) [@hellMS](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/u/hellMS)\ **Post date:** [25 April 2015 10:01 UTC](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/t/nettle-sting/7667/4 "2015-04-25T10:01:56Z")
Prickly heat, mine acts up when the temperature rises, ‘Aqueous cream’ that does help with the lip problemHave a good weekend. M ---
**Author:** ![Snow\_Leopard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e79b87/32.png) [@Snow\_Leopard](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/u/Snow_Leopard)\ **Post date:** [25 April 2015 10:09 UTC](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/t/nettle-sting/7667/5 "2015-04-25T10:09:02Z")
Hi Michelle, sounds very MS to me. I get the nettle sting around my ankles… not nice & I do feel sorry for you having it on your face. Hope the creams recommended above help. Pat xx ---
**Author:** ![shellyonthebeach](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/53a042/32.png) [@shellyonthebeach](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/u/shellyonthebeach)\ **Post date:** [25 April 2015 18:09 UTC](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/t/nettle-sting/7667/6 "2015-04-25T18:09:02Z")
Thanks everyone Nettle sting feeling been very bad today, but also pain in right arm from the shoulder to fingers, it hurt a lot in the night feels badly bruised, it makes a change from the weak jelly feeling thats’ been slightly better I will try the creams the stinging is a similar feeling to sun burn but it seems to be the most severe on my arms and face, i’m not sunburnt i was very careful in the sun and wore a thin coat Michelle x ---
**Author:** ![Min](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7c8e57/32.png) [@Min](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/u/Min)\ **Post date:** [25 April 2015 21:30 UTC](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/t/nettle-sting/7667/7 "2015-04-25T21:30:54Z")
Hi Michelle. I don’t get the stinging you describe but get strange skin sensations like burning, numbness, tingling, feeling as though I’ve been scalded, or a feeling like hundreds of ants are crawling over me. It’s all just the nerves playing up, a form of parasthesia. I can relate to the muscles feeling bruised though, that I get a lot. It’s a strange illness with some really bizarre symptoms. I suppose on a positive note life is never boring! Take care. Cath x ---
**Author:** ![Londongirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Londongirl](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/u/Londongirl)\ **Post date:** [2 May 2015 08:48 UTC](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/t/nettle-sting/7667/8 "2015-05-02T08:48:20Z")
Hi Michelle, I get this. I call it the ‘brillo pad effect’! Its horrid. I get the cold, menthol, numb thing in my legs and the brillo pad effect in my arms. The latter makes my clothes feel really scratchy on my skin ---
**Author:** ![shellyonthebeach](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/53a042/32.png) [@shellyonthebeach](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/u/shellyonthebeach)\ **Post date:** [5 May 2015 08:37 UTC](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/t/nettle-sting/7667/9 "2015-05-05T08:37:41Z")
Thanks Londongirl, Glad to have fellow sufferers makes me feel less weird! Michelle x ---
**Author:** ![hoppity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8e8cbc/32.png) [@hoppity](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/u/hoppity)\ **Post date:** [5 May 2015 23:05 UTC](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/t/nettle-sting/7667/10 "2015-05-05T23:05:42Z")
Heather has got shingles at the moment and she described tat as thousands of pins pricking her and very painful, she is actually taking painkillers which is unheard of. ---
**Author:** ![hoppity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8e8cbc/32.png) [@hoppity](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/u/hoppity)\ **Post date:** [5 May 2015 23:08 UTC](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/t/nettle-sting/7667/11 "2015-05-05T23:08:18Z")
I forgot to say I fell in some nettles fifty years ago and when I am stressed I get the sensation of it all over again for a short while . Don