A member asked:

The left side of my cheek, upper lip, and tip of nose is slightly numb and tingly. i've seen my primary, and waiting for specialist. what could it be?

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Dr. Mark Fisher answered

Specializes in Neurology

Wrong question: In neurology, the 1sr question is WHERE, not what. In this case, "where" is the maxillary division of the trigeminal nerve. THEN you go to "what" using the standard differential diagnostic algorithm: Vascular, neoplastic, compressive, inflammatory-infectious-autoimmune, nutritional, genetic, and/or metabolic-endocrine, and zebras. (Zebras are anything that doesn't fit in the other categories.)

Answered 9/30/2016

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