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Can areas made painful by pinched nerves actually have swelling or redness?

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Dr. Thomas Klein answered

Specializes in Allergy and Immunology

No: A pinched nerve should not cause redness or swelling unless something else is going. Compression of the venous return from the area in question can cause the swelling.

Answered 3/26/2013

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