A 26-year-old female asked:
occasional tingling down right leg when laying on back. more often my thigh goes numb and i don't notice until i move or touch it. thoughts??
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Dr. Ayisha Gani answered
Specializes in Internal Medicine
Numbness in the leg: If the numb symptoms are only in the thigh area it could be neuropathy of one particular branching of the nerve (lateral cutaneous nerve), condition called maralgia paresthetica.
Answered on Jul 29, 2018
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