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I went to my general doctor a week ago complaining of numbness in my upper thigh and tingling    the other night about a little over a week ago it felt like a hot poker was going through it like a burning and couldnt touch the area it felt like an abrasion inside.   What can that be

 

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October 1 7:02 PM (8 minutes and 36 seconds later)
         
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The first thing that comes to mind - is the earlist stages of shingles (medical name: Herpes Zoster). This condition is caused by a recurrence of the chickenpox virus which hides out in the dorsal root ganglia, years after your initial infection.

In many patients - the first symptom is a burning type pain, hypersensitivity of the skin, and then it is followed by a rash - blisters. If you have blisters anywhere on that side - the diagnosis is bascially proven. Otherwise - it is more of a hunch.

If you have blisters now, or develop them - contact your doctor immediately and they can start you on Valtrex to prevent the pain from continuing long after the rash clears.

http://www.valtrex.com/shingles/whatis_shingles.html


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October 1 7:03 PM (1 minute and 41 seconds later)
         
Reply to Family Physician's Post: I dont have any blisters   what about nuropathy of the nerve the read a little about it and the syptoms seem to be there
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