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What Causes Splinter-like Feelings On Upper Leg?

My younger son has multiple splinter - like feelings on his upper leg, he originally thought he had glass in his leg but we couldn t find any splinters or glass shards, and he wasn t near anything glass as he had just got out of the shower. What should we do?
Thu, 20 Oct 2016
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hi Your son has abnormal sensation of multiple splinters in upper thigh . In my opinion this kind of feelings come when there is pressure on the nerves originating is the spinal cord. I would recommend Pregabalin , pain killers, and suggest S Vit B12 and MRI Spine( Lower Spine).
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What Causes Splinter-like Feelings On Upper Leg?

hi Your son has abnormal sensation of multiple splinters in upper thigh . In my opinion this kind of feelings come when there is pressure on the nerves originating is the spinal cord. I would recommend Pregabalin , pain killers, and suggest S Vit B12 and MRI Spine( Lower Spine).