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What could cause your lip/chin to "fall asleep" at night? when i wake up and switch laying position it goes away.
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Pressure: you are applying persistent pressure to the nerve that supplies that area of your body unknowingly while you are sleeping and when you shift positions you take the pressure off that nerve
Answered 7/30/2019
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