it feels like something is crawling in my hair?
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With formication, you might also describe the “crawling” sensation as feeling like “pins and needles.” Formication is also called a tactile hallucination. This means that you're feeling a sensation that has no physical cause. Formication can be a symptom of several conditions.
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If you have lice, you might actually be able to feel the bugs crawling on your scalp. According to Healthline, lice can cause the sensation of something moving on or tickling your head. If you're concerned your child has lice, ask them if they notice this sensation.
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When women felt the buzzing in their vaginal or pelvic areas, one theory linked the phenomenon to twitching in the small muscles in these regions caused by quivering nerves. Some experts speculate that stress may be to blame for these involuntary movements and the annoying feeling they cause.
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Symptoms of Arachnoiditis The most common symptom is pain, but arachnoiditis can also cause: Tingling, numbness, or weakness in the legs. Sensations that may feel like insects crawling on the skin or water trickling down the leg.
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Human skin is literally crawling with microscopic insects called mites and these critters have a fondness for hair follicles, especially the ones that belong to eyelashes and nostril hair. Normally, these super-tiny critters don't cause problems for their human hosts but in rare cases, they can cause eye infections.
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This can include a feeling of pins and needles, crawling or itching sensations, a tightening of the skin especially around the chest or abdomen, or painful feelings like shooting pains, electric shocks, or burning sensations.
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Mange can cause restlessness, intense itching and frantic scratching, symptoms that generally appear one week after exposure. It also typically results in patchy hair loss and a moth-eaten appearance to the skin. The most commonly affected areas are a cat's ears and face, but it can spread to the entire body.
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Also known as ringworm of the scalp, tinea capitis is a fungal infection that penetrates deep into the hair shaft, causing itchiness and hair loss. Depending on the type of fungi responsible for the infection, the hair may break off at the scalp's surface or just above, leaving hair stubs.
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['a tickling feeling of something moving on your head, hair, or body.', 'sores that develop from scratching itches.', 'irritability.', 'difficulty sleeping.', 'red bumps on your head, neck, shoulders, or pubic area.']
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Itchiness. The most common symptom of any type of lice is itching. Lice bites cause an allergic reaction that causes this itchy feeling. However, you may not feel itchy right away, especially if it's a light infestation.
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When a woman plays with her hair, it might mean that she is nervous, she might be trying to seduce her soulmate, or she might be really preoccupied with the appearance of her hair. Twirling of hair around the fingers can be a symptom of feeling insecure or worry.
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Hair twirling can be a sign of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). If you have other symptoms of OCD, your hair twirling habit might be a part of your condition. Other symptoms of OCD include: upsetting thoughts or impulses that repeatedly occur.
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['Muscle tightening.', 'Unusual head movements.', 'Blank stares.', 'Eyes moving from side to side.', 'Numbness.', 'Tingling.', 'Skin crawling (like ants crawling on the skin)', 'Hallucinations- seeing, smelling, or hearing things that are not there.']
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Are you experiencing something crawling on your head or a tingling sensation in the scalp? The medical term for this condition is called formication and it is quite common. Formication is also a type of paresthesia which is defined as tingling dermal sensations.
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['Intense itching on the scalp, body or in the genital area.', 'Tickling feeling from movement of hair.', 'Lice on your scalp, body, clothing, or pubic or other body hair. ... ', 'Lice eggs (nits) on hair shafts. ... ', 'Sores on the scalp, neck and shoulders.']
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Painful scalp itching, scaling, and burning could mean you have an infection or a chronic skin condition. Sometimes these symptoms can also be related to other disorders, such as hair loss disorders. Speak to your doctor if you're feeling pain on your scalp that isn't going away.
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Paresthesia refers to a burning or prickling sensation that is usually felt in the hands, arms, legs, or feet, but can also occur in other parts of the body. The sensation, which happens without warning, is usually painless and described as tingling or numbness, skin crawling, or itching.