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I always feel something crawling on me. could this be a medical matter? for example, nerve damage?

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Brain or nerves : If the crawling in a specific body area it may be a neuralgia. If it was in all body or regionions the condition is called psychotic parasitosis. See neurologist and psychiatrist.

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Answered 2/7/2015

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