What We Treat
Telehealth
About Us
- Features & Pricing
- For Organizations
A member asked:
Why when i lay down anywhere, the left side of my left leg from my hip to my knee go numb, and its not comfertable?
5 doctors weighed in across 2 answers
NERVE COMPRESSION: You have meralgia paresthetica, which is caused by compression of the lateral cutaneous femoral nerve at the level of the hip on the lateral side, mostly due to obesity and wearing tight clothes or belt, typical symptom and clinical finding of decrease sensation of certain distriburion help in diagnosis, releasing the pressure on the nerve can help to solve the problem which takes weeks to month.
Answered 7/4/2013
6.1k views
Numb leg: This requires extensive inquiry about your nervous syste, vascular and bone areas. See your doctor.
Answered 10/3/2016
6.1k views
Related Questions
A member asked:
I've got numbness on outer left leg from hip to above knee, what do I do?
A doctor has provided 1 answer
A member asked:
My left leg has been numb for more than two days now between my hip and knee, what could be causing this?
A doctor has provided 1 answer
A member asked:
What might cause numbness along the side of my right leg, from hip knee. Sometimes ther it feels as if there is ni circulation.
A doctor has provided 1 answer
A member asked:
I had a laminectomy 2 years ago, between my knee and hip on left leg, i have burnng on the inside and numbness on the surface,, will it go away ?
A doctor has provided 1 answer
A member asked:
Numbness in left leg from hip to knee outter leg.. Sometimes feel like pins n needles?
A doctor has provided 1 answer
People also searched for:
I have a sedimentation rate of 52 and WBC of 13(?). I have joint pain, neck, hip, shoulder, elbows and knees, worse on the right than the left. I also have numb patches on the sides of legs hands feet, this comes and goes. Doc is thinking PMR?
Have numb big left toe knee hip back shoulder pain twitch shaking spasm in riggt side right ribcage left lower leg. 39 fatigue vertigo upperback pain?
Pain behind right knee? Sometime in butt down to calf? Numbness in back of ankle. No back pain! hips hurt when sleep on 1 side to long.
I randomly get knee pain when lying down. My hip feels tight as if it has a pocket of gas that needs to be released. I have mild lower back pain on my right side. The numbness and pain spreads is the worst when standing for a few minutes?
What can cause me to be hurting all over down in my bones , left knee and hip pain out of no where, skin burns and head face is numb, ringing in ear?
Didn't find what you're looking for?
90,000 U.S. doctors in 147 specialties are here to answer your questions or offer you advice, prescriptions, and more.
Ask your questionMore of what we treat
Get the HealthTap app
Video visit and message your doctor
