Feeling Needles Pinching In Body. Have Diarrhea And Muscle Pain. Throat Feels Full. Blood Test Showed WBC 3.7. Suggest?

Posted on Sun, 29 Sep 2013

Question: hello. I have been not feeling well for few days .. I feel like needles pinching in my body and its everywhere. sometimes its on the hands sometimes on legs. pretty much anywhere anytime I just feel like some on e is poking me with needles. and also muscle pain idk if that is muscle pain. I am feeling random pains in fingers sometime sometimes on legs. elbow . hands. my jaw sometimes and many other parts of the body. it feels like its in the veins and pain is in small area doesn't spread Into my whole body part. I do have diarrhea with it. but my diarrhea comes and goes its been with me for very long. soo I did have my tests done few weeks back and they were clear. now I am confused what is that doctors are missing .. whenever I go they say everything is fine . 2 days ago I had allot.of pain in my right ear I am currently using drops for that .. but I am still confused what is going on .. Every day I wake up with different pain. I am only 20 years old. I do eat healthy but still. My throat is also feels full . I had my test done and my white blood cell count as kinda low 3.7 and low collestrol. still any help would be great thanks .

Answered by Dr. Srikanth Reddy (1 hour later)

Brief Answer:
Could be a somatoform disorder

Detailed Answer:
Hello
Thanks for using health care magic for posting your query.
The main medical causes could he
1. Anemia
2. Hypothyroidism
3. B12 deficiency
These three diagnosis can be easily made by testing the blood for cbc, serum TSH and B12 level. All these three diagnosisis treatable by simple meducations.
If these have also come normal then the possibility of somatoform disorder should be considered . You should seek a psychiatrist who would like to interview you once to look for underlying depression. In my clinic I generally prescribe tab amitryptiline for such disorders and it works great.
Hope that helps
Wis you good health.
Regards
Dr. Srikanth

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