What would you recommend?
","answerCount":0,"datePublished":"2018-07-11T17:03:57","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Anonymous User"}},"acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"\"Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. You have mentioned numbness in the inner part of the left foot as your main symptom. Most commonly numbness is a manifestation of a nerve involvement, it can be compression of the nerve at an anatomical site like in back or anywhere along the course of the nerve or it may be a manifestation of a systemic disease like diabetes or any condition that leads to what we call as neuropathy. Now your trigger has been the yoga courses which you do on a regular basis every year but you have done may be for a prolonged period this year. Being an orthopaedic surgeon, I may not be able to guide you anything regarding yoga and its usefulness but it is logical to stop all these postures till your condition settles and improves. My guess is that there has been some prolonged compression during your classes or there could be an entrapment somewhere along the course of your nerve. I need to know from you:
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If the answers to above questions are no, my suggestion to you will be to wait for a few days and start with medications for neuropathic symptoms like Pregabalin or Gabapentin along with vitamin B 12 supplementation, and it is a good possibility that your symptoms may subside over next 4-6 weeks because there might be nerve neuropraxia (mid nerve injury). In case your symptoms do not improve or if they increase, then I suggest you to get few blood tests done and nerve conduction studies to look for any compressive pathology.
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","url":"https://www.icliniq.com/qa/numbness/i-have-numbness-in-my-left-foot-what-could-have-caused-this","datePublished":"2018-07-11T17:03:57","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Dr. Akshay Kumar Saxena","url":"https://www.icliniq.com/doctor/dr-akshay-kumar-saxena"}},"suggestedAnswer":[{"@type":"Answer","text":"\"Hello,
Welcome back to icliniq.com.
It is theoretically possible for that to happen but I must admit that it is not common for that to happen.
You can start with:
Kindly get back to me after 3-4 weeks with all details as I had mentioned in my previous reply. We will consider investigating you further if there is no improvement after this time period.
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","datePublished":"2018-07-11T17:03:57","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Dr. Akshay Kumar Saxena","url":"https://www.icliniq.com/doctor/dr-akshay-kumar-saxena"},"comment":{"@type":"Comment","text":"Thanks doctor for your quick reply.
\nThe answer to your questions is no. It is possible that a nerve remained compressed for long since I was sitting in cross legged posture for 13-14 hours/day for a long interval. Could you also suggest the dosage of medication I should take?
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