hi my back has been itchi and hot for aweek or so maybe bit longer its bin acheing for alot longer than anything else tho.but i thought the itching and being hot was mybra irratating it so i got sum new 1s [ive not changed my soap or shower gel or shampoo or deoderant or anything] and i was just in the bath and washing myback and found apatch on myback that is completley NUMB [i mean ive got long sharp nails that cut selotape] and i pinched the patch were its numb and left nail marks and [[didnt even feel it]] theirs no freckles,lumps,spots,moles or anything their its not adifferent colour [well its red because i pinched n poked at it]it seams to be really hot aswell like its burning and hotter than the rest of myback and body,its right near myspine aswell,ive suffered with back aches alot i had MRI in 2005 and the xray showed spine abiffida oculta [most people who have it never suffer with it and dont no that theyve even got it] i just happend to be the 1 who did suffer to the piont were i couldnt put mynickers on i was on so many painkillers i was a zombie id fall asleep when in the middle of aconversation or out having dinner but when i got pregnant with my first son he seemed to sort it out had no back ache during pregnancy well abit at the end but everyone gets that and ive had back ache the last few weeks now but thought it would pass like it usually does but its not and now theirs the numb patch it could have been their awhile im not sure but its about a 3inch patch all the way round.plus i dont go out in the sun that often we dont go very well together i think ive had bad sun burn on my back about 3 or 4 times in the last 10years

has anybody got any ideas what the numb patch could be? because im abit worried now as its near myspine and mypast back problems aswel

I would see your doctor. The itchiness, back pain and aching back may be a pinched or damaged nerve, or something else entirely.