Question 1: What’s wrong with the numbness in the right arm? Hello, the numbness in the right arm may be caused by the following diseases: 1. Cervical spondylosis. Cervical spondylosis is caused by hyperplasia of the cervical vertebra that compresses the nerves of the upper limbs, causing arm numbness; 2. Blood vessel problems in the right upper limb, which may be blood vessel blockage or thrombosis; 3. Nerve problems in the right arm. Possible diseases include: radial nerve damage in the right upper arm, ulnar nerve damage in the right upper arm, etc.; 4. Arm muscle problems If there is a problem, muscle problems will also cause numbness and other symptoms.

Question 2: Why is my left arm numb? Numbness and pain in the hands is a common symptom in hand diseases, and it often indicates that the nerves in the upper limbs are compressed. Once symptoms of hand numbness occur, they can be improved to varying degrees as long as diagnosis and treatment are timely. The causes include

Nerve entrapment in the upper limbs

First, numbness and pain in the thumb, index finger, and middle finger. There is often a history of waking up from anesthesia at night, which can get better after waking up with activities. Sometimes hand numbness can be aggravated when raising your hand to pick up the phone, comb your hair, or pick up a newspaper. When the symptoms worsen, fine movements will be limited, such as difficulty in holding coins, difficulty in fastening buttons, and inflexible hands when knitting. This is because the median nerve is compressed in the wrist, which is the so-called "carpal tunnel syndrome"; secondly, There may be numbness and pain in the ring finger and little finger, and there may also be a history of waking up from anesthesia at night. In severe cases, it may be accompanied by muscle atrophy, and the flexion strength of the ring finger and little finger may decrease, affecting fine movements. Symptoms such as hand weakness, loss of grip strength, clumsiness in hand movements, and inability to grasp things tightly appear. Symptoms often worsen when the elbow is bent. This is due to nerve entrapment in the elbow, a condition known as "cubital tunnel syndrome."

Cervical spondylosis?

It is more common in middle-aged and elderly people, especially those with long-term abnormal postures, who are prone to degenerative changes in the spine in the neck or intervertebral disc disease and peripheral bone hyperplasia (commonly known as bone spurs). Also accompanied by neck muscle strain or spasm. As a result, the vertebral artery and cervical nerve roots are compressed, causing insufficient blood supply to the head and limbs, limb muscle atrophy and weakening of muscle strength, leading to transient dizziness and numbness in the hands and legs.

Arteriosclerosis?

More common in the elderly, cerebral arteriosclerosis is accompanied by internal carotid artery stenosis. Insufficient blood supply to the brain occurs, functional disorders occur in the sensory center and motor center, numbness, fatigue, and temporary headache or dizziness in the upper and lower limbs or half of the body on one side. As the disease progresses, ischemic stroke, difficulty speaking, and paralysis suddenly occur. At this time, you should not be nervous or pessimistic. You should immediately rest in bed (without a pillow) and take thrombolytic and vasodilator drugs and acupuncture treatment according to the doctor's instructions. It is expected that you will gradually improve and resume normal activities.

Malnutrition?

It is more common in people with anemia, intestinal parasitic infection, bone and intestinal lesions or lack of vitamin B1 and potassium salts. Insufficient blood and energy supply to the body will occur, and neurological symptoms will occur. Resulting in sensory and motor impairment in the hands. Symptoms include numbness in hands and soreness in legs, fatigue, dizziness, or palpitation. You need to take medication to deworm and regulate your stomach and intestines as directed by your doctor, and choose foods rich in iron, potassium salts, vitamins B1, B2 and folic acid, such as animal blood, lean meat, soy products, grains, green leafy vegetables and eggs.

Neurological?

Can be caused by scarlet fever, typhoid fever, colds, measles, herpes zoster, mumps, infectious mononucleosis, leptospirosis, syphilis, malaria, Polyneuritis or acute polyradiculitis caused by neurotoxins secreted by bacteria or viruses caused by acute schistosomiasis, diphtheria, tetanus and bacillary dysentery.

Toxic diseases?

Certain chemicals such as carbon monoxide, carbon disulfide, aniline, organophosphorus pesticides, chlorophenylene ethane, heavy metals such as arsenic, lead, mercury, copper, manganese, etc. and chronic alcoholism can cause numbness and soreness in the limbs, accompanied by special symptoms of the above causes.

Autonomic nervous system disorder?

Such as uncontrollable depression, irritability, insomnia, anorexia, general discomfort, numbness, and fatigue. It is necessary to provide timely psychological consultation and spiritual comfort, appropriate exercise, strengthen social interaction, increase interest and symptomatic treatment.

Diabetes

Middle-aged and elderly people feel numbness and pain in their hands and feet, which is likely to be caused by diabetes. Numbness or pain in the hands and feet is one of the symptoms of diabetes. 40% of diabetic patients, in addition to numbness in their limbs, are also accompanied by crawling sensations and burning sensations on the skin. The key to treating diabetes is to lower blood sugar, control diet, and control blood sugar at normal levels. The numbness and pain in the hands and feet will gradually reduce or disappear.

Hypertension

When blood pressure rises, blood vessels constrict, small blood vessels throughout the body spasm, and the lumen narrows, resulting in reduced blood supply to muscles in the distal limbs, peripheral circulation disorders, and temporary nutritional deficiencies. If it is missing, the limbs will be numb, especially the fingers and toes will be more sensitive. Numbness may only occur in a few fingers and toes, and may last for a short time before relieving.

Premonition of stroke

Sudden feeling of numbness in the limbs or half of the face, numbness of the tongue, lips, or numbness of the upper and lower limbs on one side; difficulty in movement, sudden inability to speak clearly Or not being able to understand what others are saying; having crooked corners of the mouth, drooling, dizziness or unsteadiness or even fainting; drowsiness and unexplained headaches, etc. This is a precursor to a stroke. When encountering the above situation, you should immediately let the patient lie down quietly and turn his head to one side. Do not disturb or move the patient, and call a doctor as soon as possible.

Carpal tunnel syndrome

Carpal tunnel syndrome is a common disease in middle-aged and elderly people, especially middle-aged and elderly women. It manifests as numbness and pain in the thumb, index finger, middle finger, and half of the ring finger when it attacks. . This is due to excessive movement of the wrist, which narrows the carpal tunnel surrounding the wrist tendons and nerves. If it is compressed and controlled... >>

Question 3: My arm feels numb, is it? What is the cause? Is it a sign of any disease? ? Numbness of hands and feet caused by disease include:

The causes of numbness of hands and feet generally include the following four aspects:

First, suffering from People with diabetes may experience numbness in their hands and feet. Whenever numbness, soreness, or swelling occurs frequently in any part of the body, it is necessary to check blood sugar in time.

The second is numbness caused by drugs or chemical agents. For example, when you have a cold or have diarrhea, taking berberine or furosemide will cause numbness in your hands and feet. Being in an environment containing hydrogen, arsenic, carbon disulfide, etc. for a long time will also cause numbness in your hands and feet.

The third is numbness caused by neuritis. The most common symptoms of neuritis are numbness of the hands and feet, muscle atrophy, and weakness of the limbs. If you have diarrhea or a cold for half a month, it can cause neuritis.

Fourth, scattered numbness occurs in the limbs. Numbness in the limbs does not occur at the same time, but occurs dispersedly. In this case, the local nerves are damaged, such as damage to the nerves in the head caused by stroke after drunkenness, coma, or damage to the nerves in the hand of an elderly person using a cane. Numbness in the upper limbs caused by cervical spondylosis, numbness in the legs caused by nerve damage in the lumbar spine, etc.

Numbness of hands and feet cannot be treated symptomatically, but the cause must be treated. No matter what the cause is for numbness of hands and feet, you should first go to the neurology department of the hospital for examination to determine whether there is any damage to the nerves and what kind of surgery you have received.

If it is a neurological problem, an electromyogram examination is also required to further confirm the degree, scope, and nature of the nerve damage. If the numbness of the hands and feet is caused by other reasons, please refer to other related departments for treatment.

For numbness of hands and feet caused by nerve damage, the choice of drug treatment or surgery should be based on the degree, scope, and nature of the nerve damage. Drug treatment is usually combined with acupuncture and physical therapy to promote rapid recovery. Surgical treatment is to divert the compressed nerves through surgery to achieve the purpose of relieving nerve compression and inflammation.

The degree of cure depends mainly on the cause and nature of the neuropathy. If the peripheral nerves (nerves other than the brain and spinal cord) are injured, the recovery time is generally longer.

Numbness in the hands and feet of the elderly is often closely related to cerebrovascular sclerosis, among which minor strokes and high blood pressure are the most common causes of numbness.

The so-called "mini-stroke" is also called "transient ischemic attack". Due to ischemia of brain tissue, especially the cerebral cortex, functional disorders occur in the sensory and motor centers of the brain, resulting in numbness of the corresponding limbs. Cerebral ischemia can cause numbness in one upper or lower limb, or half of the body, which usually lasts from a few hours to a few days. If not treated in time, it can develop into hemiplegia and even be life-threatening.

In addition to numbness or weakness in the hands and feet, "mini-stroke" is also accompanied by dizziness, headache, visual impairment (blurred vision or double vision, etc.), memory loss (especially recent memory loss), and Symptoms such as increased or low blood pressure; numbness of hands and feet mostly on one side, with numbness of the thumb or index finger being the most common.

When the blood pressure of hypertensive patients fluctuates or rises, small arteries throughout the body spasm and the arterial lumen narrows, which can cause colloid blood circulation disorders, causing insufficient blood supply to the hands and feet and causing numbness. In addition to numbness in the hands and feet, patients may have stiffness and ant-like sensation in their limbs, and are often accompanied by symptoms such as dizziness, headache, vertigo, tinnitus, and insomnia. In addition, a sudden drop in blood pressure may sometimes cause numbness in the fingers.

In spring, patients with high blood pressure are more likely to experience numbness in their hands and feet. This is mostly related to the dry and cold climate in early spring, which can easily cause sympathetic nerve excitement and contraction of capillaries throughout the body, thus causing an increase in blood pressure. In addition to numbness in the hands and feet, high blood pressure may sometimes lead to transient cerebral ischemia to cerebral hemorrhage, causing distortion of the mouth and eyes, paralysis, aphasia, coma, etc., and even death.

Cerebrovascular sclerosis is most common in people over 60 years old. Therefore, if the elderly have recurring numbness in their hands and feet recently, they should first consider a cerebrovascular disease. Cerebrovascular diseases are often related to blood pressure, blood sugar, blood viscosity, etc.

In order to confirm the diagnosis, patients should go to the hospital for blood pressure, blood lipids, blood sugar, fundus and hemorrheology examinations. If necessary, they should cooperate with X-ray or CT examinations. Once the primary disease is diagnosed, targeted treatment should be carried out, such as lowering blood pressure, thrombolysis, lowering blood lipids, lowering blood sugar, etc. Numbness in the hands and feet may also be a problem with the cervical spine. If you often work at a desk or are a computer worker, you should consider whether you have cervical spondylosis. Cervical spondylosis can easily compress the nerves and cause poor blood circulation. Numbness in the hands and feet may be more serious and may be a stroke. Aura.

If numbness in hands and feet is accompanied by discomfort such as backache, leg pain, leg cramps, etc., this is actually a signal of calcium deficiency in the body.

You can drink some milk, and the other thing is to do more exercise, which can solve the problem

If the numbness in your hands and feet is accompanied by: sweating, dizziness, weakness in the limbs, nosebleeds, etc...>>

Question 4: Why is my right arm numb and unable to use strength? Numbness, swollen hands, pain in hands, swollen and painful arms caused by cervical spondylosis. The reason for the weakened pain is that the misalignment of cervical vertebrae 5 and 6 squeezes the nerves and blood vessels of the cervical spine. The treatment method is: 1: Use your thumb to press the pain point of the cervical spine. If there is pain on the right side of the cervical spine, push it toward the left shoulder. Otherwise, push toward the right shoulder. Keep pushing until the hand is no longer numb and painful. At this time, you should Keep the pushing force steady for 10 to 20 minutes until the pain and swelling disappear immediately. The force of pushing is gradually increased from light to heavy to a maximum force of 5K. Never push with brute force. 2: The second reduction method is to lie flat on the bed (it is better than sitting and upright reduction). Relax your whole body, reach under your neck with your palms facing up, and use four fingers to press the pain point of the cervical spine. If there is pain on the right side, go to it. Push in the direction of the left shoulder, and vice versa, push in the direction of the right shoulder. The force of the push is gradually increased from light to heavy to a maximum force of 5K. Never push with brute force. Push until the cervical spine no longer hurts and the hands are no longer numb. You don’t need to worry about the swelling of arms and hands. Once the blood vessels are opened and the nerves are not compressed, it will usually be absorbed by itself within four or five days. Under normal circumstances, it can be reset and cured within half an hour. Treating cervical spondylosis is a process of fighting against your incorrect posture. Once the posture is correct, the cervical spondylosis will be cured by repositioning it. If the posture is incorrect, cervical spondylosis will inevitably recur and gradually worsen.

Question 5: Why is the whole right hand numb? If you don’t consider shingles, cervical spondylosis is the most likely, but you should do this under the premise that you have not had any recent trauma to your arm. diagnosis. Therefore, it is recommended that you take an X-ray of the cervical spine and provide your recent medical history. This is important! Also, where is the location of your shingles? If it is the position of the cervical spine, it may have an impact.