Wake up in the middle of the night what reason is hand numbness

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Many people will be troubled by the numbness of their fingers when they go to bed at night, which seems to have become a normal for many people. This problem has caused great interference to many people's travel, especially our travel and work. Many people are worried about whether this will cause bad effects. At this time, many people are thinking about what measures can be taken to solve this problem For the impact on the body, let's take a look at the following.

Wake up in the middle of the night what reason is hand numbness

First: upper limb nerve entrapment: first, numbness and pain of thumb, food and middle finger, often with a history of waking up at night, and the activity can be improved after waking up. Severe cases can be accompanied by hand muscle atrophy, affecting the fine movement of the hand, this is because the median nerve is compressed in the wrist, which is the so-called "carpal tunnel syndrome"; the second is numbness and pain of the ring and little finger, also can have a history of waking up at night, severe cases are accompanied by muscle atrophy, the ring and little finger's flexion decreases, affecting the fine use. This is because the nerve is compressed at the elbow, which is called cubital tunnel syndrome.

Second: cervical spondylosis: the most common disease causing hand anesthesia is cervical spondylosis, which is one of the most common diseases in the elderly. When people enter the middle age, some organs tend to have degenerative changes. When cervical disc degeneration occurs, it often leads to cervical disc herniation or hyperplasia or hypertrophy of articular process. Once these protruding cervical disc or proliferative articular process oppress the adjacent cervical nerve root, cervical spondylosis occurs. In addition to numbness and paresthesia of fingers, cervical spondylosis is accompanied by other symptoms, such as pain in neck and shoulder, radiating pain in upper limbs or movement disorder. It's not difficult to diagnose cervical spondylosis, just take an X-ray. In addition, there is a simple method to check cervical spondylosis. A person holds the head of the affected side, holds the upper limb of the affected side with one hand, abducts it 90 degrees, and pushes and pulls both hands in the opposite direction at the same time. Patients with radiation pain or numbness can be initially diagnosed as cervical spondylosis.

Third: stroke: another common disease causing hand numbness is stroke. "Health treasure · stroke gate" once said: "ordinary people who first feel numb or do not use their big finger or second finger will have a stroke within three years." Should be prevented: should be careful living, diet, far curtain, broad mood. Although numbness of fingers does not necessarily lead to stroke, for the middle-aged people over 40 years old, if they often have headache, dizziness, light head and feet, numbness of limbs, swollen tongue and other symptoms, and the patients usually have hypertension, hyperlipidemia, diabetes, cerebral arteriosclerosis and other diseases, they should pay more attention to the occurrence of stroke.

matters needing attention

In order to make a definite diagnosis of hand numbness, it is necessary to refer to cervical vertebra film, electromyography and other auxiliary examinations. Once diagnosed, if the symptoms are still light, then after regular non-surgical treatment, can have varying degrees of improvement, if the symptoms are obvious, feel the hand muscle atrophy, should take timely surgical treatment, to prevent the development of the disease, avoid causing the hand muscle irreversible serious atrophy, leading to serious hand dysfunction.