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What is the definition or description of: sudden numbness?
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Maybe ominous: Sudden sporadic and reversible numbness could be very benign such as hitting one's "funny bone" at the elbow, but if not provoked, numbness in one or two limbs might be a transient ischemic attack due to decreased blood flow in the brain. Important to sort out problem with brain and spinal cord vrs peripheral nerve issue.
Answered 12/22/2012
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