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I have severe numbness in the 3 smallest toes and the ball or pad section it's connected too. i have severe spinal stenosis and had a distectomy on l5?
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May be spinal stenos: This numbness may be from the spinal stenosis. If it is new you will need to do neurological testing and imaging with MRI to see if there are new neurological lesions
Answered 5/9/2016
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