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Thanks for the query. Meralgia paresthetica is a painful mononeuropathy of lateral femoral cutaneous nerve. It is due to the entrapment of nerve as it passes through inguinal ligament. It could be because of injury or tight clothing or obesity or weight gain or pregnancy. If any of the above mentioned cause is involved. 1. Reduce weight 2. Wear lose clothing 3. Methylcobalamin 1500 mcg injections on alternate days for 1 month followed by capsules of 1500 mcg in multivitamin combination should provide good long lasting relief. This treatment is for long term benefit 4. In unresponsive nerve block surgical decompression required In your case if all the options of pain killers, local lignocaine or corticosteroid injections are given already for temporary relief and methylcobalamin also given then kindly go for surgical correction.
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Thanks for the query. Meralgia paresthetica is a painful mononeuropathy of lateral femoral cutaneous nerve. It is due to the entrapment of nerve as it passes through inguinal ligament. It could be because of injury or tight clothing or obesity or weight gain or pregnancy. If any of the above mentioned cause is involved. 1. Reduce weight 2. Wear lose clothing 3. Methylcobalamin 1500 mcg injections on alternate days for 1 month followed by capsules of 1500 mcg in multivitamin combination should provide good long lasting relief. This treatment is for long term benefit 4. In unresponsive nerve block surgical decompression required In your case if all the options of pain killers, local lignocaine or corticosteroid injections are given already for temporary relief and methylcobalamin also given then kindly go for surgical correction.