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What can it be when you have no feeling in your thumb, and it has lasted for over a month?
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Nerves: Any known injury to thumb, any overuse like guitar playing, any other numbness or tingling in other parts of body... See your physician for a neurological assessment if continued concerns.
Answered 10/2/2015
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Nerve problem?: Numbness lasting a month could be caused by many things, including nerve injury/disease, neck injury/disease, arthritis, diabetes, raynauds diaease, or other conditions .You should seek your doctor's advice for diagnosis and treatment.
Answered 8/19/2012
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