I am having numbness on my lower left lip and chin.

Posted by almostoutofthewoods @almostoutofthewoods, Jul 6, 2023

In the last two months I have had strange things happening. I have numbness in my lower left lip and chin. There is no pain, just numbness. In the last week I am suffering a horrible pain in my right lower back, from my waist down about 5" into my butt. There is a cord I can feel. I also feel numbness in my toes recently. I'm a 73 year old female. Any clues what could be causing this and what I should do?

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jedge54 | @jedge54 | Nov 7, 2025

I’ve had vey intermittent mild numb lips and tongue for short periods. Not sure if it associated with my CIDP

ab8311141516 | @ab8311141516 | Nov 8, 2025

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@jedge54 I have multifocal CIDP and have facial numbness as well. Mine is on my right side, mostly roof of mouth, lips, and cheek. Apparently my eyeball is also numb too because I don't have a corneal reflex on the right side either.

charrell96 | @charrell96 | Nov 21, 2025

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@fala im not quite sure how long its been now, 2 weeks maybe? Either I've gotten use to the numb feeling or its changed. My lip feels swollen even though it is not and it doesn't feel...like it belongs. Like its mine. Its weird. I cant stop biting that side of my lip to make sure its still there. Dentist says no sign of infection or anything. Dr.says no sign of neurological issues. No one can tell me anything other than there is definitely some partial paralysis. I dont know what to do.

fala | @fala | Nov 22, 2025

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@charrell96
I am going for an MRI tomorrow (Sunday appointment) to see if perhaps that might give a clue as to what is causing the numbness in my face. It started in April, and I started tracking it then. It is now November and with the this crazy feeling is numbness and memory loss. Keep track with dates, and I hope you do better than I have done. I even put myself in the Hospital as well and that was fruitless. I wish I had gone to a Neurologist right away! Best wishes, I advise you to stay on it!

augusta14 | @augusta14 | Jan 25 7:10pm

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@almostoutofthewoods what was your first steps to get diagnosed? I also have numbing in my lip/chin and want to get it check out.

estoycansado | @estoycansado | Jan 26 8:45am

I had that. Turned out to be infected teeth. You might want to tell your dentist that you want a wrap around x-ray. Some firms will do it free for new patients.

faybe | @faybe | Jan 26 1:42pm

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you could have had a small stroke. called a TIA. you need a MRI of your brain. My mini stroke started in my left eye one night. It felt like my eye was drooping and I could not see out of it. All of a sudden it went away. So I went to bed. Told my eye Doctor the next day and he said To go see my Doctor, I had a TIA, Mini Stroke. Good luck