Also called Bernhardt-Roth syndrome, meralgia paresthetica is caused by compression or pinching of the lateral femoral cutaneous nerve. This nerve supplies sensation to the skin surface of your thigh.

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 ...

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 ...

This week we are going to discuss the subject of false sciaticas, that is to say, symptoms of sciatica in the leg which are not truly spinal based sciatica but rather nerve compression which is ...

Patients with persistent upper-back itch from notalgia paresthetica may get some relief with oral difelikefalin (Korsuva), phase 2 data from a randomized, double-blinded placebo-controlled trial ...

Notalgia paresthetica (NP) is a nerve condition that causes itchiness and sometimes pain on the back. It tends to affect a specific area — usually under a shoulder blade and often on the left side. NP ...

A selective kappa opioid receptor agonist in patients with notalgia paresthetica led to "modestly" greater improvements in itchiness over placebo, but was associated with adverse events, a randomized ...

Your hip joints are ball-and-socket joints positioned where your thigh bone meets your pelvis. The hip joint is involved in many types of movement. It is also one of the largest joints in the body, ...