The causes of numbness in the legs from sitting on the toilet may be caused by poor blood circulation, pyriformis syndrome, lumbar spine pathology and other reasons. 1. Poor blood circulation: due to the height of the toilet and the body does not match. The edge of the toilet presses on the nerves in the legs, causing poor blood circulation in the lower limbs, and the symptom of numbness in the legs will occur, which can be improved by itself after standing up and moving around. 2. Piriformis syndrome: may be related to long-term strain, long-term fixed posture compression and other factors, will lead to the piriformis muscle damage, sitting on the toilet for too long, may aggravate the symptoms, there will be numbness of the legs. 3. Lumbar spine lesions: common in the lumbar intervertebral disc herniation, lumbar spinal stenosis and other diseases, these lumbar spine lesions can easily lead to sciatic nerve compression, especially when sitting on the toilet body is in the forward posture, leading to a significant increase in the pressure of the intervertebral disc, resulting in a significant increase in the sciatic nerve compression, which is easy to cause numbness in the legs. Sitting on the toilet leg numbness, may also be caused by other reasons, if accompanied by obvious symptoms of discomfort, should be as soon as possible to seek medical attention, diagnosis of the cause, give targeted treatment.
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