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Can your face go numb from a pinched nerve?

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Dr. Robert O'Leary answered

Specializes in Pain Management

Yes: Facial and trigeminal cranial nerves can cause facial numbness but much less likely a cervical neck pinched nerve. Consideration of a stroke for face numbness suggests a full evaluation.

Answered 3/31/2015

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Pinched nerve: Facial sensation is provide by the 5th cranial nerve and is one that cannot be "pinched" such as in a cervical disc. If you have facial numbness then one has to evaulate for a stroke or a lesion around the 5th cranial nerve - that would require a consultation with a neurologist.

Answered 9/28/2016

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