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Sudden BURNING pain on outer thigh while sleeping!

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I was sleeping last night and was woken from a dead sleep by an extreme hot pain on my outer right thigh. It felt as though something was holding a flame to my skin. I woke up and jumped out of bed yelling “Fire! Fire! I’m on fire!”. I started looking for a spider or something that could have bitten me. After jumping up and walking around for few minutes as the pain subsided a little. It was awful!!! Also the pain started to go down my leg to the ankle but then went away after about an hour. I looked in the mirror expecting to see a rash or a huge blister, or a wound and there was nothing there. The fire pain went from the top of my leg to the knee. It was very hot and painful to touch. That area was still stinging and warm afterwards for a long time and still felt tender this morning. There is no outward sign that anything happened. This morning I did feel some lower back pain but not real bad. Today… its 4:30pm now I’m having some far upper back pain and some pain on the skin on my leg again. Last night the leg-skin-pain was a level 18 out of 10. Today it’s a 1 1/2 out of 10. The neck and uperback pain is hot and its about a 2 1/2. Is it my back? I have had back pain for years but nothing serious. Does this ever happen to other people?? I’m a little worried about this happening again. I have Kaiser and they don’t cover Chiropractor. Should I go to the doctor for this? What is this?

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    I’ve had the same issue. Hurting outer thigh pain. It goes numb while standing and feels hot like your cell phone flashlight is on. The skin is high sensitive and hurts. But there is no rash or anything there. Been hurting and doing this for 3 weeks. We changed our bed to a memory foam bed and I sleep on my right side. I think it’s due to the mattress change and a nerve is being compressed which is causing this. I like the bed but wish I had done more research because this is hurting and not going away.

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    9 10

    This happened to me for the first time last night. A searing pain in my left thigh that came in 3 waves. Couldn’t find any reason (no spider, no marks, etc). Coincidentally, I did double my caffeine intake this week for the past 6 days

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    9 10

    I thought I was the only one. I was rudely awakened at 4am from a deep sleep. The pain felt like a lit cigar on a silver dollar size area. In my sleepy disorientation my first thought was a snake bite. That was 6 months ago, now I am awakened every night by similar but way less intense burning pain in the same spot on outer thigh. ps Wannabee J, LOL I bet you know karma very well. You computer freaks learn it the hard way.

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    9 10

    I have the same thing. It also happens during the day. No notice. It happens so often that my thigh where the pain is becomes sore to touch. I think what I have is called Parasthetica Meralgia. This has been going on for about 3 years. been to quite a few doctors and no one can tell me anything. Been to physical therapy and chiropractors as well as neurologists and medical docotrs.

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    9 10

    More than likely, you are consuming excessive amounts of caffeine which is causing vasodilation while you are sleeping. Do you also wake up due to heart palpitations? Do you sometimes experience a buzzing sensation like there is a cell phone vibrating against you while you are sleeping? The regularity of caffeine consumption affects tolerance levels, so determining the amount your body becomes accustomed to varies from individual to indivudual. Simply put, decrease the amounts of caffeine you consume per day, and preferably for overall, don’t consume any.

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    9 10

    the same exact thing happened to me about 6 weeks ago. I also thought a spider or something bit me. it has happened the past 3 nights too and I am getting nervous. it hurts now as I type this, but seems to get worse when I sleep. ever get an answer? I am going to make a doctors appt.

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      9 10

      IT’S KARMA

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    9 10

    I have the same pain if I’m laying on my side.either side will make it hurt on the same leg. It hurts so much it wakes me upamwhat is this!??

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    9 10

    I have had the same exact thing for several mos. The area is on the upper mid thigh about the size of my hand. It feels like there should be a bruise but you can’t see anything on the skin. Occasionally it gets real hot – my Kaiser Dr said no need to come in unless it gets red and/or severe tenderness!

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    The same thing happened to me 2 night ago but it was on the back of my shoulder. It literally felt like someone was holding a lighter or flame on my back for a while before I woke up out of a deep sleep. Weird thing is my husbands hand was resting on that spot and his ring was right around the spot, so in my sleep it felt like his ring was burning me. I woke up screaming saying ‘Your ring burned me!’. He of course thought I was crazy and swore he didn’t accidentally pinch me in his sleep. We looked for a bug or spider and nothing there. I’m not allergic to any metals so not sure what happened. There was a dark spot on my shoulder after that, and it looked like a burn. Also I had pain in my shoulder and that spot was tender for awhile.

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