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A member asked:
Sciatica pain, my left leg is mostly numb and tingling to my toes and a little bit on my right leg. what can be causing this?
10 doctors weighed in across 4 answers
Pinched Nerve: While there are many causes of leg pain and numbness one of the most common causes is lumbar radiculopathy. This occurs when one of the nerves leaving the back gets compressed as it leaves the spine and travels down the leg. Compression may occur due to degenerative/bulging discs or arthritic bone spurs contacting the nerve. See your physician if these symptoms last longer than 2 weeks.
Answered 12/9/2013
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Sciatic pain : Could be pinched nerve in back or simple radiculathy or neuropathy.
Answered 3/19/2013
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Sciatica: Pain in the distribution as you suggested describes the pattern of the nerve that travels in the leg called the sciatic nerve. The sciatic nerve is not the cause of the pain source, it is the result of an irritated nerve typically in the lumbar spine (low back) which are caused by herniated disks, spinal stenosis or degenerative disc disease requiring further evaluation by a spine specialist.
Answered 3/2/2018
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May not be: sciatica may be from a nerve in the back being compressed b a herniated disc or spinal stenosis.
Answered 9/29/2016
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