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When i lay down my right thigh gets hot then cold. over and over, i have been checked for a blood clot and there isn't one. this is only when i lay?

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Dr. Enrique Wulff answered

Nerve compression: compression at the crest of the iliac bone of the lateral femoro-cutaneos sensory nerve may produce these type of symptoms.... it is called MERALGIA PARESTHETICA

Answered 5/31/2014

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A member asked:

When i lay down my right thigh gets hot then cold. over and over, i have been checked for a blood clot and there isn't one. this is only when i lay?

A doctor has provided 1 answer

Dr. Enrique Wulff answered

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