Pins and Needles (NHS)
Where this fits: The Peri Nervous-System Files, Part 2: Skin Crawling, Brain Zaps, and the Sudden Eye-Doctor Visit
Claims this source supports
- Pins and needles feels like a pricking, tingling or numbness sensation; it usually happens when blood supply to the nerves is cut off and stops when the weight is taken off the body part.
- See a GP if you constantly have pins and needles or it keeps coming back.
- Possible medical causes include diabetes, Raynaud's, sciatica, and multiple sclerosis; do not self-diagnose , see a GP if worried.