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What Causes Headaches With Pins And Needles In Feet And Hands?

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Posted on Tue, 29 Apr 2014
Question: hi, I have been having some undiagnosed symptoms including: headache, pins and needles in feet , hands and arms, pain that travels along the arms and legs, very itchy eyes, white light in my eyes in the dark, nerve dilation, calcifications in hands and arms and stomach pain. I did some research and I suspect that I'm suffering from ammonia poisoning, can u plz help? there's a chance I have inhaled, had direct contact on skin or have been injected with a substance without being aware of it (during sleep). I suspected ammonia because I'm allergic to it. I discovered my allergy after using hair bleach. And after trying to peel a vegetable that came from ammonia treated soil. I experienced same reaction but on the surface of the skin not internally. I have had blood gasses test and it showed an anion gap of 18 and high level of potassium in my blood. I hope this helps, thanks
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Answered by Dr. omz (27 hours later)
Brief Answer: it is probably autoimmune disease Detailed Answer: Hello I am Dr.Omer and I am here to help you with your query. I have read your query in detail and all your symptoms with high anion gap and high potassium , tingling sensation in hands and feet and stomach pain leads to either Diabetes Mellitus or XXXXXXX disease. Tingling sensation in hands and feet is known as peripheral neuropathy that occurs mostly in diabetes or XXXXXXX disease. Burning itchy eyes are known as uveitis or conjunctivitis that also occurs in these autoimmune diseases like diabetes or XXXXXXX Ammonia has the worst odour in the world and no person can inhale it for more than few seconds , secondly the hair colours do contain ammonia but that ammonia does not get absorbed from the scalp until and unless you have a broken skin.When the ammonia in hair XXXXXXX or other substances containing ammonia comes in contact with skin it causes localized Contact dermatitis but does not cause reaction all over the body. High anion gap with high potassium suggests that you are suffering from either of the diseases I told you , so a internist review for fasting and random blood glucose test + serum cortisol and acth level at morning and evening + protein electrophoresis will solve your query. I hope this explains your query in detail. Feel free to ask any further queries. Take care.
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What Causes Headaches With Pins And Needles In Feet And Hands?

Brief Answer: it is probably autoimmune disease Detailed Answer: Hello I am Dr.Omer and I am here to help you with your query. I have read your query in detail and all your symptoms with high anion gap and high potassium , tingling sensation in hands and feet and stomach pain leads to either Diabetes Mellitus or XXXXXXX disease. Tingling sensation in hands and feet is known as peripheral neuropathy that occurs mostly in diabetes or XXXXXXX disease. Burning itchy eyes are known as uveitis or conjunctivitis that also occurs in these autoimmune diseases like diabetes or XXXXXXX Ammonia has the worst odour in the world and no person can inhale it for more than few seconds , secondly the hair colours do contain ammonia but that ammonia does not get absorbed from the scalp until and unless you have a broken skin.When the ammonia in hair XXXXXXX or other substances containing ammonia comes in contact with skin it causes localized Contact dermatitis but does not cause reaction all over the body. High anion gap with high potassium suggests that you are suffering from either of the diseases I told you , so a internist review for fasting and random blood glucose test + serum cortisol and acth level at morning and evening + protein electrophoresis will solve your query. I hope this explains your query in detail. Feel free to ask any further queries. Take care.