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Had Stitches Just Below Knee Cap. Outer Thigh Is Numb, Burning Sensation.What Is Causing These Symptoms?
I fell, had 10 stitches just below my knee cap a month ago. My outer thigh is numb and sometimes a numbing burning sensation, but mostly just numb. It hasn t felt right since the fall. Being that my laceration was just below my knee cap, is it possible there was nerve damage done, due to my thigh still feeling this one month later? I had Xrays taken and they said they came back ok.
Wed, 14 Aug 2013
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Thank you for posting your question here, I will try to answer it to the best of my abilities.
An x-ray cant show whether or not you have nerve damage, there is a different test for that. I would recommend you have either an NCV or EMG done, both test the normal functioning of nerves. It is possible that you have a case of nerve entrapment, although I cant be sure of this till after the results come in.
I hope this answered your question.
Thank you for posting your question here, I will try to answer it to the best of my abilities.
An x-ray cant show whether or not you have nerve damage, there is a different test for that. I would recommend you have either an NCV or EMG done, both test the normal functioning of nerves. It is possible that you have a case of nerve entrapment, although I cant be sure of this till after the results come in.
I hope this answered your question.
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