numbness

[s_ilver4]

I'm 28 years old and have been having a numbness in my right ankle and throughout my right leg, the numbness can also ache and have a sense of burning where the numbness is located.  The numbness/ache would come and go and be most noticable during the evening and cause me trouble sleeping.  It became very irritating one night and was still there when I woke up I decided to go to an urgent care centre and the Doctor preformed some sensory test and noticed that my reflexes in my right leg were less then in my left by quite a bit.  He was not sure what it was and felt there was something there.  I'm being refered to an urgent neurologist and am not sure what they are looking for or what this could be.  I'm nervous about it because he seemed concerned.  Any help would be appreciated.

[Quixotic1]

There is just not enough information to say what is causing the numbness.  Since the reflexes are decreased on the side with the numbness, I would suspect a periperal neuropathy (disorder of the nerves).  This would not be consistent with MS.

Decreased reflexes can be seen with MS, but far and away the more common is increased reflexes.

You need to see your regular doctor and probably be referred to a neurologist.  One of the studies that might be useful is an Electro-Myogram (EMG) and Nerve Conduction Studies.

At this point it does not sound much like MS though no one can diagnose or rule out anything online.  But it does sound very uncomfortable.  

Keep us posted.

Quix

[jensequitur]

At this point it's hard to say what's causing your numbness, but it could be caused by any number of things.  Usually it's damage or compression of the spinal cord or the nerves coming from the spinal cord.