Meralgia parestésica é uma doença nervosa que faz com que uma área da pele sobre a parte superior externa da coxa fique dormente, formigando ou dolorida. É causada pela compressão de um nervo da coxa conhecido como nervo cutâneo lateral. Normalmente é comprimido ao passar por baixo de um ligamento fibroso resistente chamado ligamento inguinal.

Raridade: Cru

Sintomas

Dor na parte externa do quadril
Dor em uma coxa
Dormência na coxa
Formigamento na parte superior da perna
Dormência no quadril

Tratamento

Você deve consultar um médico para confirmar o diagnóstico e discutir as opções de tratamento. Geralmente, essa condição é tratada com repouso, fisioterapia, analgésicos e, ocasionalmente, injeções de corticosteroides.

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Jeffrey M. Rothschild, MD, MPH.

Associate Professor of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Dr. Rothschild has been a faculty member at Brigham and Women’s Hospital where he is an Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School. He currently practices as a hospitalist at Newton Wellesley Hospital. In 1978, Dr. Rothschild received his MD at the Medical College of Wisconsin and trained in internal medicine followed by a fellowship in critical care medicine. He also received an MP...

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