Lateral Femoral Cutaneous Nerve Entrapment

Introduction: Lateral Femoral Cutaneous Nerve Entrapment

Description of Lateral Femoral Cutaneous Nerve Entrapment

Lateral Femoral Cutaneous Nerve Entrapment (medical condition): Meralgia paresthetica causes tingling, numbness or other sensations on the upper thigh. It is a type of paresthesia caused by nerve ...more

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Meralgia paresthetica:
  »Introduction: Meralgia paresthetica
  »Symptoms of Meralgia paresthetica
  »Causes of Meralgia paresthetica
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Lateral Femoral Cutaneous Nerve Entrapment: Related Topics

These medical condition or symptom topics may be relevant to medical information for Lateral Femoral Cutaneous Nerve Entrapment:

• Lateral Femoral Cutaneous Nerve
• Cutaneous Nerve
• Nerve Entrapment
• Lateral
• Femoral
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• Nerve symptoms (9132 causes)
• Nerve disease

Lateral Femoral Cutaneous Nerve Entrapment: Rare Disease

Office of Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Lateral Femoral Cutaneous Nerve Entrapment is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). This means that Lateral Femoral Cutaneous Nerve Entrapment, or a subtype of Lateral Femoral Cutaneous Nerve Entrapment, affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Lateral Femoral Cutaneous Nerve Entrapment as a Disease

Lateral Femoral Cutaneous Nerve Entrapment: Another name for Meralgia paresthetica (or close medical condition association).
  »Introduction: Meralgia paresthetica
  »Symptoms of Meralgia paresthetica
  »Causes of Meralgia paresthetica
  »Treatments for Meralgia paresthetica

Lateral Femoral Cutaneous Nerve Entrapment: Related Diseases

Lateral Femoral Cutaneous Nerve Entrapment: Lateral Femoral Cutaneous Nerve Entrapment is listed as a type of (or associated with) the following medical conditions in our database:

• Sensory conditions
• Upper leg conditions
• Lower limb conditions
• Limb conditions
• Nervous system conditions

Causes of Lateral Femoral Cutaneous Nerve Entrapment

Some of the causes of Lateral Femoral Cutaneous Nerve Entrapment are included in the list below:

• Spinal nerve disorder
• Multiple sclerosis
• Nerve disorder
• Spinal cord disorder

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Symptoms of Lateral Femoral Cutaneous Nerve Entrapment (Meralgia paresthetica)

Some of the symptoms of Lateral Femoral Cutaneous Nerve Entrapment incude:

• Numb thigh
• Tingling thigh
• Thigh pain
• Thigh paresthesias
• Numb thigh

See full list of 14 symptoms of Lateral Femoral Cutaneous Nerve Entrapment (Meralgia paresthetica)

Treatments for Lateral Femoral Cutaneous Nerve Entrapment (Meralgia paresthetica)

Treatments for Lateral Femoral Cutaneous Nerve Entrapment (Meralgia paresthetica) include:

• Wearing loose clothes, weight loss, reduce amount of time spent on feet, medications such as Gabapentin, surgery (rare)

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Treatment of Lateral Femoral Cutaneous Nerve Entrapment: For more treatment information about Lateral Femoral Cutaneous Nerve Entrapment, see treatment of Meralgia paresthetica (Lateral Femoral Cutaneous Nerve Entrapment)

Lateral Femoral Cutaneous Nerve Entrapment: Related Disease Topics

These medical disease topics may be related to Lateral Femoral Cutaneous Nerve Entrapment:

• lateral cutaneous nerve of thigh
• diabetes mellitus
• laparoscopic hernia repair
• neuropathy
• NSAIDS
• corticosteroids
• amitryptilline

Terms associated with Lateral Femoral Cutaneous Nerve Entrapment:

Terms Similar to Lateral Femoral Cutaneous Nerve Entrapment:

• Meralgia paresthetica
• Bernhardt-Roth Syndrome

Source - NIH

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