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Dear S/M, My Father Is Experiencing Numbness On The Outer

Posted on Tue, 16 Oct 2018

Question: Dear S/M, My father is experiencing numbness on the outer side of the right thigh, he is having this since past 3-4 weeks. He doesn't feel any sensation in this area and looking for any medication that can help to resolve this problem.
recently he got angioplasty done and the catheter was injected into right thigh for angioplasty.

Answered by Dr. Sudhir Kumar (6 hours later)

Brief Answer:
Symptoms are related to the involvement of a nerve in the skin of the affected area

Detailed Answer:
Hi,

Thank you for posting your query.

I have noted your father's symptoms. The symptoms are most likely due to compression of a nerve in the skin of outer thigh- called as lateral femoral cutaneous nerve. This can be related or unrelated to the catheter placement.

This recovers on own in a few weeks. To enhance the recovery, he can use CAP NUROKIND PLUS once daily after breakfast for six weeks.

Best wishes,

Dr. Sudhir Kumar MD DM (Neurology)

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Kampana

Follow up: Dr. Sudhir Kumar (52 minutes later)

Dear Sir, Thanks a lot for the reply. The numbness started couple of weeks before the Angioplasty.
Regards,
Neeraj

Answered by Dr. Sudhir Kumar (22 hours later)

Brief Answer:
Thanks for the additional information

Detailed Answer:
Thank you for getting back and providing additional information. This confirms that the compression of the nerve is not related to the angioplasty.

Please continue the medicine as advised earlier.

Best wishes,

Dr Sudhir Kumar MD DM (Neurology)

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar