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What does a pinched nerve sensation feel like?
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Numbness or pain: Symptoms from a pinched nerve can include numbness tingling pain and weakness. All depends which nerve and where it is compressed.
Answered 9/12/2015
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It can feel like: Any number of symptoms ranging from none to: pain of varying types ie electrical or burning worse with certain positions/activities & better with others, numbing, tingling, weakness, or a combination of symptoms mentioned. Coughing, sneezing or bearing down may aggravate symptoms as well.
Answered 10/6/2017
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