Results: Suddenly Numb
1.
1.
Have you ever been sitting and just had your feet and legs go suddenly numb on you?
Yes
66%
•
934 votes
No
25%
•
349 votes
Undecided
4%
•
61 votes
Not Applicable
4%
•
63 votes
2.
2.
If so, what did you do about it? Gently shook my feet and legs
22%
•
310 votes
Gently stomped feet on floor until feeling returned
16%
•
222 votes
Gently massaged feet until feeling returned
11%
•
152 votes
Tried to stand and fell to the floor instead
4%
•
63 votes
Wiggled toes and moved ankles until tingled then walked around a bit
20%
•
283 votes
N.A
26%
•
363 votes
Other (please specify)
1%
•
14 votes
| Other Answers | Percentage | Votes |
| ever | 0.07% | 1 |
| all of the above and also maybe a warm shower or bath. | 0.07% | 1 |
| "all of the above" | 0.07% | 1 |
| walk off | 0.07% | 1 |
| a little bit of all listed above | 0.07% | 1 |
| waited till blood started recirculating to area | 0.07% | 1 |
| let feeling come back. | 0.07% | 1 |
| walk around and shake leg really hard | 0.07% | 1 |
| 1 through 5! | 0.07% | 1 |
| i would concentrate on making myself relex | 0.07% | 1 |
| nothing. i kind of like the feeling. sometimes i walk immediately just so i can get the tingly pins and needles feeling in the soles of my feet. | 0.07% | 1 |
| all of the above | 0.07% | 1 |
| nothing, just another multiple sclerosis symptom | 0.07% | 1 |
| stand on cold ceramic tiles, kind of shock therapy, takes away the numbness quickly | 0.07% | 1 |
3.
3.
Have you ever fallen due to numb legs or feet? Yes
20%
•
281 votes
No
62%
•
878 votes
Undecided
7%
•
94 votes
Not Applicable
11%
•
154 votes
4.
4.
Do you know the reason your feet and/or legs went numb? No, didn't care to know.
12%
•
164 votes
Just sat too long
40%
•
567 votes
Pinched nerve in back
7%
•
104 votes
Herniated disk in back
4%
•
51 votes
Plaque build up in leg
2%
•
23 votes
Beginning of MS
2%
•
28 votes
Beginning of Stroke
1%
•
20 votes
Sciatica
3%
•
42 votes
Cysts
1%
•
11 votes
Diabetic nueropathy
3%
•
40 votes
Cancer of the brain
1%
•
8 votes
N.A
31%
•
439 votes
Other (please specify)
3%
•
40 votes
| Other Answers | Percentage | Votes |
| 0.20% | 3 | |
| poor circulation | 0.07% | 1 |
| low calcium and autoimmune disease | 0.07% | 1 |
| no, but wish i knew | 0.07% | 1 |
| dont know, but did care!!! | 0.07% | 1 |
| went to sleep | 0.07% | 1 |
| no idea probably due to being "underweight" due to my metabolism | 0.07% | 1 |
| general neuropathy | 0.07% | 1 |
| not sure | 0.07% | 1 |
| i cut off the circulation of the bloodstream accidently | 0.07% | 1 |
| the way i sit | 0.07% | 1 |
| i have no idea | 0.07% | 1 |
| unknown auto immune problem | 0.07% | 1 |
| don't know why | 0.07% | 1 |
| there is another medical thing that is started with numbness but i cant remeber the name, it paralyzes you | 0.07% | 1 |
| i have aching restless leg syndrome | 0.07% | 1 |
| avascular necrosis | 0.07% | 1 |
| i was pregnant and half my body suddenly went numb. thought i was having a stroke. ended up only being what happens when i am getting a migraine. not fun. | 0.07% | 1 |
| blockage in leg | 0.07% | 1 |
| i have no idea, and my doctor doesn't either | 0.07% | 1 |
| pregnancy | 0.07% | 1 |
| rheumatoid arthritis | 0.07% | 1 |
| sleeping with my legs in weird positions | 0.07% | 1 |
| because i sit with my feet curled up under me. | 0.07% | 1 |
| circulation was cut off while asleep | 0.07% | 1 |
| anxiety | 0.07% | 1 |
| sat on them | 0.07% | 1 |
| they went to sleep | 0.07% | 1 |
| lying on a body part, like a hand | 0.07% | 1 |
| none | 0.07% | 1 |
| bad circulation | 0.07% | 1 |
| pinched nerve in neck | 0.07% | 1 |
| bad blood circulation? | 0.07% | 1 |
| nerve damage | 0.07% | 1 |
| no | 0.07% | 1 |
| sitting wrong position | 0.07% | 1 |
| i sit on my legs and then wonder why they're numb. | 0.07% | 1 |
| lack of blood flow due to position during sitting | 0.07% | 1 |
Comments