# What's happening? Skin on thigh gets pins-&-needles while laying down.

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [July 29, 2002, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-happening-skin-on-thigh-gets-pins-needles-while-laying-down/121416 "2002-07-29T20:07:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\
**Post date:** [July 29, 2002, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-happening-skin-on-thigh-gets-pins-needles-while-laying-down/121416/1 "2002-07-29T20:07:20Z")

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When I lay on my back to go to bed, my right thigh will get pins-and-needles after a few minutes. I’d roll over, but I wear a CPAP (anti-apnea machine), and it’s hard to sleep anywhere but on my back. It doesn’t stop me from falling asleep.

Usually, the pins-and-needles subsides in the morning, but today, it’s been with me all work day. There is even a burning sensation if I move my leg a certain way.

Anyone ever had these sympoms? I assume a circulatory problem … maybe a pinched nerve. I will visit a doctor very soon – just wondering what it might be.

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**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\
**Post date:** [July 29, 2002, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-happening-skin-on-thigh-gets-pins-needles-while-laying-down/121416/2 "2002-07-29T22:27:10Z")

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Pinched nerve is what I was thinking just from reading the title. Go see a doctor ASAP.