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A member asked:
The right rear side of my head gets numb while i sleep.
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Occipital nerve: I'd guess you're compressing your right occipital nerve or depending on the level of your cervical fusion (it'd have to involve c2-c4 in some fashion) you're compressing one of the upper cervical nerve roots.
Answered 3/14/2018
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