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How can i tell if my leg numbness is vascular or neurological?

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always neurological: Numbness is always due to injury or disease of nervous system and never from blood vessels directly. Only if blood supply to the nervous system is blocked and this damages the central or peripheral nervous system, can blood vessels indirectly cause numbness.

Answered 4/7/2018

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How can i tell if my leg numbness is vascular or neurological?

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Dr. Prem Gupta answered

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