do you ever suffer from Phantom stings

[BCBEE]

Whenever i am doing any work on my bees or even reading a book and especially looking at a picture of a bee i will suddenly feel a sensarion like a faint pricking sensation somewhere on my body.Its nothing like a bee sting more like a very faint electric shock


I think its a type of psedo sting rather like whe looking at insects and you start tio itch.

If i am looking at the bees say doing an inspection it very briefly makes me think ive been had

i wonder if anyone else suffers (if thats the right word) from this.

 

[Ely]

Sometimes. But I definately know for sure when it is a real one. Ouch and watch it grow!

 

[For want of a better word]

Only when I walk past an Estate Agents !!!

 

[BeeBus]

Yea sometimes get that, feels more like a nettle sting inside wellies, no itching though

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

Yes - usually on the fingers

 

[Hivemaker.]

Never heard of anyone with this kind of problem until now,interesting though,suppose it is some kind of mental thing,brain disorder perhaps.

 

[BeeMoustashe]

get it quite often on lower legs if I'm only wearing a smock. Think it's psycological, you get a bit paranoid and start to feel things that aren't there.

Like hearing noises in the woods when you've been there too long and it's gotten dark quick!

 

[Black Comb]

I sometimes get "reactive lumps" I.e. always under my forearm where I have been stung in the past. They occur wheni have been stung elsewhere on the hand. However, not every time I am stung on the hand, just occasionally.
Not phantoms, definite lumps.
Never had one when I've been to the opera.

 

[Chris Luck]

suppose it is some kind of mental thing,brain disorder perhaps.

Can't be much else really.

Like hearing noises in the woods when you've been there too long and it's gotten dark quick!

Well I son't know where you go but those sounds are definitely real where I live.

Oh, and no, I don't get phantom stings but I just received some real ones.

Chris

 

[BeeMoustashe]

Well I son't know where you go but those sounds are definitely real where I live.

.

Chris

I was refering to the noises where you think you're about to be murdered

 

[Chris Luck]

That will be back to answer one then?

suppose it is some kind of mental thing,brain disorder perhaps.

Chris

 

[victor meldrew]

Yea sometimes get that, feels more like a nettle sting inside wellies, no itching though

Sounds like you've been eating cheese whilst on medication !!
VM

 

[psafloyd]

Whenever i am doing any work on my bees or even reading a book and especially looking at a picture of a bee i will suddenly feel a sensarion like a faint pricking sensation somewhere on my body.Its nothing like a bee sting more like a very faint electric shock


I think its a type of psedo sting rather like whe looking at insects and you start tio itch.

If i am looking at the bees say doing an inspection it very briefly makes me think ive been had

i wonder if anyone else suffers (if thats the right word) from this.

It's those damned invisible wasps...

I've not had this problem. Ever had any nerve damage?

 

[burren]

omg! Bcbee, I so get them, regardless of what the others say and I have had less than 10 actual stings in my 4 years of bee keeping. oh just to add only when i am working on the hive and not reading a book about bees!

 

[BeeJayBee]

I get phantom bee stings, same as I get phantom head lice when anybody mentions them.

That'll have got you all itching!

 

[Ely]

I get phantom bee stings, same as I get phantom head lice when anybody mentions them.

That'll have got you all itching!

You have me scratching now arrrgh! My eyes water if I think about onions, or being kicked in the balls.

 

[burren]

stop it! bee serious

 

[Karol]

Ekbom syndrome or delusory parasitosis.

I've actually attended a lecture on this subject delivered by a psychiatrist believe it or not!

All sorts of theories offered during the lecture. Personally, I think it's down to a combination of two effects. The skin is our largest and in some ways most complex organ. It has billions of sensory cells sending a constant stream of data to our brain. To prevent overload the brain ignores most of these signals unless they are unusual - which is why most of the time we don't/can't feel the clothes that wear. Every now and then we get a sensory challenge. Insect bites are a good example. We then subconsciously worry about getting bit again which means that the threshhold at which the brain registers data from the skin is lowered so we 'feel' more. Any slight sensory challenge [including heat (and especially prickly heat), salty sweat or minute scratches, infected hair folicles, blocked pores, and even individual hairs moving on the skin etc] is then detected by the skin that we would otherwise not notice leading to the sensation of phantom stings.

There are other possible causes. Some serious conditions can cause sensations akin to phantom bites including diabetes, certain cancers and certain other diseases such as gout also affect sensory perception in skin.

It's amazing how deceptive the sensations from the skin can be and it's actually quite difficult to tell the difference between hot and cold and pain. We were shown quite an interesting experiment. The presenter had a hot glowing ember in a fire. A volunteer was blind folded and informed by the presenter that the hot ember would be placed on the palm of their hand and they were to let the presenter know if the ember was too hot. Un be known to the volunteer the presenter also had a hidden ice cube which they placed in the volunteer's hand instead. The reaction was quite something with the volunteer screaming from the apparent scald they received. Tried it a few times at barbecues after that - neat little party trick - he, he, he!

 

[tudorcd]

Sounds like both sadism and masochism .....

 

[tonybloke]

Never heard of anyone with this kind of problem until now,interesting though,suppose it is some kind of mental thing,brain disorder perhaps.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synesthesia

not a brain disorder at all.

My OH has this, if she sees it's raining outside, she can feel the rain drops on her face and arms. if she sees someone getting a kiss on the cheek, she feels that as well. Words can have colours, and / or ,tastes , feelings, smells etc.

Tracie took part in research @ Suffolk University with work being done on colour overlays for script to help others with dyslexia / synesthesia.