Ms. Teller comes to clinic because she is experiencing numbness and tingling in her right leg. She denies having any pain. What does the nurse write down as Ms. Teller's symptom?

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Numbness and tingling are symptoms of paresthesia, which is a sensation of tingling or numbness in the extremities. Paralysis refers to the loss of muscle function, narcolepsy is a sleep disorder, and neuralgia is a type of pain.

Ms Teller Comes to Clinic Because She Is Experiencing Numbness