Pins and needles in thighs when I bow my head
This sounds strange and bizarre, but I've noticed for a few weeks that I get a definite pins and needles sensation in the front of my thighs when I bow my head towards my chest.
I have absolutely no idea what that could be, or even if it's serious (feels a little like when you bang your elbow; the "funny bone" feeling.)
Any ideas of what this can be? Anyone ever have this happen to them?
Answer:Lhermitte's Sign, sometimes called the Barber Chair phenomenon, is an electrical sensation that runs down the back and into the limbs, and is produced by bending the neck forward. The sign suggests a lesion of the dorsal columns of the cervical cord or of the caudal medulla. Although often considered a classic finding in multiple sclerosis, it can be caused by a number of conditions, including Beh莽et's disease,[1] trauma, radiation myelopathy,[2] vitamin B12 deficiency (subacute combined degeneration), and compression of the spinal cord in the neck from any cause such as cervical spondylosis, disc herniation, tumor, and Arnold-Chiari malformation.
Strictly speaking, the Barber Chair phenomenon is a symptom rather than a sign as it describes a subjective sensation rather than an objective finding. To add more confusion, it is not attributed to its discoverer.[3] It was first described by Marie and Chatelin in 1917.[4] Jean Lhermitte did not publish his first report until 1920.[5] However, in 1924 he did publish the seminal article on the subject which resulted in it becoming well known.[6]
