Hello everyone,
I’ve been taking prednisolone for 11 days now 15mg. I have a very tingling scalp. It’s really irritating and I’m scared my hair will begin to fall out.
Has anyone else experienced this. I have no headaches or other side effects that I am aware of yet!
Thank you
Do you have any other symptoms? ...like head hurts when you touch it or unusual headaches?
Have you used different hair products or washed towels or bedding in new detergent?
Hello Dorset Lady. No headaches or head pain. No new products 
Stumped then, no new foods? Is a rare sign of covid, anxiety?, maybe Pred?how long have you had it?
Good you’ve got no head pain.
I had a sort of “ fizzy head” in the early days of Pred. It kind of wore off as my body got used to the stimulant. It wasn’t associated with hairloss.
I also had this unusual tingling in my scalp in the first month or so but certainly no hair loss or pain and headache. I have only been diagnosed since last October and haven’t had any more tingling to date. Now down to 7mg pred.
I’ve had a tingling scalp and the feeling I’m wearing a very tight bathing cap since I started taking pred in February 2020. I’ve got used to it now, but it is irritating and contributes to the general malaise and feeling of weirdness that I have found more difficult to bear than the aches and pains of PMR. I haven’t had any hair loss, but my hair has got curlier and wilder - but that could be the result of lockdown and no haircuts!I do hope the tingling eases for you soon.
Hair- definitely Pred, but no visits to hairdresser don’t help either!
I have not experienced what you describe after almost 3 months on Prednisolone. Try phoning the PMR helpline. The advisors have a wealth of experience to share.
No more than you will find here - some people on the forum help run the Helpline
Thank you
I can't remember if it affected my scalp but a couple of nights after starting pred (15 mg) I had the most curious sensation all over, the best way I can describe it is it was like little things crawling all over me, but definitely the sensation was under the skin. At the time I thought, well, if this is the worst pred side effect I get, I can handle it. It was gone by morning and has never returned. Later I wondered if it was the inflammation being reduced, as it was after that I felt pretty much all better, although I'd had some relief within hours.
In regards to prednisone and hair issues. I was on pred for five months. Two weeks later. Half my hair fell out. Yuk! I’m now wearing wigs. I’m told it will start to regrow in a few months. I’m sure this doesn’t happen to everyone but it’s annoying!
Thank you. Hopefully it will disappear.
I had a f!are recently which involved tingling and really painful scalp a d head stabbing pains. Upped the pre d to what everyone said was mega, but symptoms subsided in 24hours. But I've lived with this for over 2years now and am beginning to learn how to deal with a flare.I would suggest you keep in close contact with your rheumatology nurses as I do now.
They have helped me so much.
Thank you Gettingonby
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