This week we are going discuss another obscure nerve compression syndrome, this time of the leg—meralgia paresthetica. Meralgia paresthetica is also known as lateral femoral cutaneous nerve ...

What treatment modes are available for meralgia paresthetica (MP)? How often is surgical decompression needed? If required, what would be the indications and who is the best person to do it -- a ...

This week we are going to discuss other sources of leg pain that mimic sciatica and the possible causes for this condition. One condition that mimics sciatica that is quite treatable is Meralgia ...

Dear Dr. Roach: I have had meralgia paresthetica for two and a half years. I have all the classic symptoms: tingling, pins and needles, some numbness and stinging in the top and side of my left thigh.

Recently, I have been diagnosed with the condition of meralgia paresthetica. I will periodically get bolts of pain that feels like I’m walking with a sprained ankle. At first it was all a mystery as ...

Notalgia paresthetica is a neuropathic disorder characterized by pruritus in a circumscribed region of the upper back. Difelikefalin, a selective kappa opioid receptor agonist, has shown efficacy in ...