Crazy things your body does!

The worse itch I have had is from dry skin. It cannot be scratched as it gets worse. The only thing that takes it away is if a use body lotion on the spot.

I know exactly what you are talking about! Last year I had some dental work done and for some reason the novacaine just wasn't working so they kept giving me more and more. My chin was numb for 3 days! lol I got that weird itch too. I tend to get itchy with pain meds too. Something about histamines my husband told me.

Ouch! I remember that feeling...you scratch and it still itches. I hate going to the dentist and getting those injections of novacaine. Not for me!

Yes it has happened to me many times and i do not like the feeling of an itch that cannot be scratched...I did a lot of dental work last year,including root canals among other things,and i had this happen to me..The reason this happens is because the numbness is wearing off and the feeling it coming back and while it is happening it just itches so bad,and when you try to scrath it does no good..I hate this feeling but i know it is going to happen every time they numb me up...

yes I lost the ends of two of my fingers in an industrial accident many many years ago but im contantly wanting to clean under the non existant finger nails !My doc tells me its because the nerves are still there even if the fingers are not!

I have a place like that on the side of my heel on my right foot only I have not had novacaine shot in it. hahaha It takes it by spells, I will scratch hard and it does no good, I try easy, no good....no matter what I do I can't cure the itch then all of a sudden it is gone. But I have had novacaine before and know exactly what you are talking about and you have to be careful that you don't scratch too hard and start bleeding and not even realize it.

that strange !! you feel itchiness when you still felt numb ..maybe its the blood flowing in your arteries that causes it..just guessing okwell yeah i dad experience itchiness in my legs just a month ago..with no reason at all..i really dont know why..especially if i sweat a lot..but it was gone after a week or so without putting any linements to ease the itchiness..

I've had that happen once, only it seemed my whole face itched like mad until the novacaine finally wore off. Also like if I have to get a shot for something or go to give blood, weeks after the area has healed the spot where the needle was stuck will itch or will have like a phantom pain in that area. Doesn't last long or I just get use to it, but either way still strange how my body reacts to some things.

It's probably part of the novocaine wearing off. THe bad thing is, that by not feeling it, you can actually damage your skin by trying to scratch too hard. I've never had that happen to me with novocaine, but I've only ever had one very minor cavity filled.

Just a question, did the feeling in your chin come back after the itch went away. I have noticed that sometimes when the Novacaine is wearing off you get an itch or a tingle like a limb that has fallen asleep waking up. I haven't had any strange experiences like that really, but a few funny ones that I don't think would fit here. But I would be happy to share them if you like!!!

Thank God, i've never had to have a root canal. i hear they are very painful. It's sad you had to have one, but I had a cavity filled at the dentist once, and my cheek was numb for like two hours afterward. It was so weird. I had to chew on the other side of my mouth. I like my dentist though, he is a sweetie.

hi debs p lace oh yes I am on the waning end of shingles' and the spots where they are feel numb to touch yet they itch like the very dickens. the doctor has me on twocapsules of a medication twice a day that is supposed to help the nerve pain and its working slowly but surely I will be on it a month. Ido have these numb places that astually do itch and zap me, its hard to describe really but its definitely not pleasant.Its almost like being shocked when youwalk across a rug then switch on alight. its a strange feeling indeed.

Yep, I have a story. I have had 4 major surgeries on my abdomen. Before the last one, I told the surgeon that I wanted him to either take out everything I could possibly live without or put a zipper on me! I was tired of being cut open! Anyway, after the last surgery (hysterectomy), I was, and still am, numb between my belly button and my pelvic bone. I get itches there and try to scratch them but I can't feel it! It's so weird that you can feel the itch but not feel the scratching! I'll probably be this way for the rest of my life, because it's been 16 years now since I had that surgery and I have not had any feeling at all come back in all that time.

Hi Debs_place, Yes it is funny like that it happened to me once and I was scratching away, but after my chin was so red hehe. Tamara

How did your chin feel from being scratched after the novacaine wore off?? I have never had anything like that happen, but I have read extensive accounts of people who hae lost arms, legs, hands, fingers, feet and toes, where they eel "phantom pain" pain in the lim that isn't even THERE. I also read that this phantom feeling is extremely important if one wats to e able o conrol an artificial limb.

Aww the phantom itch :))0 by any chance had you had a pain pill before the itch. Codeine and Novocaine any of the 'caines or narcotics make me itch like the devil. I have to take a benadryl with the pain pill to take care of the itch the combind affect makes for some interesting sleeping :)))