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I take good diet still sometimes i feel my legs are slept..i mean numb n like pins stinging? which defiency cud b dis? plz reply fast

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Dr. Christopher Mcgraw answered

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Doubt it is diet: If you are eating a good diet then this is not likely to be a deficiency. Need more information to be able to look at the possibilities. Is it with activity, Sitting, laying or at random? when it is there what makes it worse?

Answered 5/20/2014

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A member asked:

I take good diet still sometimes i feel my legs are slept..i mean numb n like pins stinging? which defiency cud b dis? plz reply fast

A doctor has provided 1 answer

Dr. Christopher Mcgraw answered

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