Diseases

Meralgia Paresthetica

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Meralgia paresthetica is a condition characterized by tingling, numbness and burning pain in your outer thigh. The cause of meralgia paresthetica is compression of the nerve that supplies sensation to the skin surface of your thigh.

SYMPTOMS

Pressure on the lateral femoral cutaneous nerve, which supplies sensation to your upper thigh, might cause these symptoms of meralgia paresthetica:
tingling and numbness in the outer (lateral) part of your thigh.
burning pain on the surface of the outer part of your thigh.

CAUSES

Pressure on the lateral femoral cutaneous nerve, which supplies sensation to your upper thigh, might cause these symptoms of meralgia paresthetica: tingling and numbness in the outer (lateral) part of your thigh. Burning pain On the surface of the outer part of your thigh.