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I have numbness in my thigh with a burning sensation?

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Dr. Dan Fisher answered

Meralgia: Sounds like meralgia paresthetica - an irritation of the lateral femoral cutaneous nerve as it passes under the inguinal ligament.

Answered 11/17/2014

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