When a person experiences paresthesia, symptoms from a wide-range of possibilities may occur. There are a number of potential causes as well; multiple sclerosis for instance. The list below includes many of the potential causes of paresthesia.

Migraines
Alcoholism
Neuropathy
Malnutrition
Menopause
Dehydration
Fibromyalgia
Herpes zoster

Yes it's called parathesia

Yes I have numbness in the top part of my leg from standing ,my doctor is looking into it more as my back is not good but where the numbness is is not related to what the xrays have shown xxx

@A MyFibroTeam Member. I'm wondering if you have had any back injuries or conditions which might be causing the radiculopathy you are experiencing in your legs? I agree that there are many possible causes. An MRI would be a fairly simple procedure to find out if your numbness is caused a compromised spinal disc. At least it could be ruled out as a cause. Hope this helps.

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I have always had pain in my lower back for as long as I can remember and if I press on my lower back the pain is terrible and feels deep down inside that part also goes numb as hips , never thought about injuries but had loads as a child was always doing silly things and getting hurt but the one thing that sticks in my mind is I was about 10 and in our Hitchens we had a stool that was about 31/2 foot high tall square wooden thing no back to it .well was sitting on that and I must have moved or lent forward and the whole thing slipped away from me and I Landed on my bum straight down with legs both out straight I rember I couldn't breathe as it hurt so much at the bottom of my spine !!' Wonder if I done some damage ??? Thank you might look into that cheers xx