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When sitting down no matter how i sit i get rushes of heat to my left foot only. it doesn't hurt. it's just strange. been happening for a week. why?
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See below: If sitting initiates a surge of heat to only your left foot then a condition known as radiculopathy could me starting in your lower back or you could be having engorgement of the veins around the nerve on the inside of the ankle causing a thermogenic form of tarsal tunnel.
Answered 4/3/2013
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Neuropathy: A nerve is being compressed or impinged on. Which one would be determined by clinical exam which may need diagnostic testing.
Answered 3/26/2013
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