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Could you tell me why my legs fell asleep while sitting down and what can i do to wake them up?
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Paresthesia: An extremity may have a prickly, tingling or numb sensation when pressure is placed against a nerve – thus compressing it. Ambulate or change position.
Answered 5/18/2015
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