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Can Cocaine Abuse Cause Numbness In The Leg?

I am a former drug addict, and I stopped 4 years ago, but recently I had a two week binge on cocaine. The second week I started injecting in my groin. On the final day I had swelling and soreness in the area and I snapped out of it and returned to being clean. That was eight days ago. Since then I have had pains in my groin area, but that and the swelling has mostly subsided now. I just have one small red area that may be an abcess, and I can feel some lumps beneath the skin (but I think that I had them from before and put them down to scar tissue). The main thing that has been frightening me is that the last two days I have been experiencing numbness in my right leg (and a little bit in my right arm today). They don t seem swollen or anything...
Sat, 21 Sep 2019
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Hello,
Thanks for the query.
It is unrelated to cocaine.
Conditions like neuropathy has to be considered.
Consult a neurologist and get evaluated.
Thanks
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Can Cocaine Abuse Cause Numbness In The Leg?

Hello, Thanks for the query. It is unrelated to cocaine. Conditions like neuropathy has to be considered. Consult a neurologist and get evaluated. Thanks