A 43-year-old member asked:
My mom had a bone spur removed in her foot about 7 months ago, she now has lost feeling of numbness in her foot?
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Dr. Vera Khrakovskyanswered
Podiatry 35 years experience
My mom had a: Are you saying she has numbness in the foot? If this was caused by the surgery, then the numbness would be there immidiately after the surgery.Take her to the neurologist who will examine her and can perform emg/ncv study to find out the cause of numbness.
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