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What are some ways to make your foot fall asleep?
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Zzzzzzzz: Many reasons including, prolonged pressure on nerve in foot (neuropraxia), diabetes, alcoholism, some other systemic diseases. Obviously, local anesthetic also.
Answered 11/15/2012
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