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Meralgia paresthetica is a condition that causes tingling, numbness and burning pain in the outer thigh. It's caused by compression of the nerve that provides feeling to the skin covering the thigh. Meralgia paresthetica also is known as lateral femoral cutaneous nerve entrapment.
Meralgia paresthetica is a medical condition that causes pain and sensations of aching, burning or numbness in your thigh area. It results from compression of your lateral femoral cutaneous nerve (LFCN).
Meralgia paresthetica is a typically benign and self-limited condition with frequent spontaneous remission. Treatment focuses on patient reassurance and ways to reduce pressure and irritation over the nerve and groin region.
Meralgia paresthetica is a condition that causes numbness, pain, or a burning feeling in your outer thigh. You might also hear it called Bernhardt-Roth syndrome. It happens...
For most people, the symptoms of meralgia paresthetica ease in a few months. Treatment focuses on relieving nerve compression. Conservative measures. Conservative measures include: Wearing looser clothing. Losing excess weight. Taking pain relievers available without a prescription.
If you have a painful, burning sensation on the outer side of your thigh, it may mean that one of the large sensory nerves to your legs—the lateral femoral cutaneous nerve (LFCN)—is being compressed. This condition is known as meralgia paresthetica.
Meralgia paresthetica is caused by the compression of one of the large sensory nerves in the leg — the lateral femoral cutaneous nerve. This nerve provides sensation to the skin along the outer thigh starting from the inguinal ligament and extending down toward the knee.
Meralgia paresthetica (from "meros," meaning thigh, and "algo," meaning pain) is the clinical syndrome of pain and/or dysesthesia in the anterolateral thigh associated with compression of the lateral femoral cutaneous nerve.
Meralgia paraesthetica is a nerve (neurological) condition that causes pain in the outer thigh. It is caused by compression of a nerve called the lateral cutaneous nerve of the thigh. This nerve supplies feeling (sensation) to the outer thigh.
Pain and sensory disturbance in the distribution of the lateral femoral cutaneous nerve in the ventrolateral portion of the thigh is called meralgia paresthetica (MP). The incidence of MP has risen along with the increasing prevalence of obesity and ...