Numb hands or feet - a feeling familiar to many. Sometimes it causes quite harmless, but often behind it is a serious disease. What are and what you need to take to cure them?
Numbness - violation sensitivityAssociated with prolonged compression of the nerve roots. The reasons for such compression may be several. Let us dwell on each of them.
Causes numbness in the extremities
1. Uncomfortable posture. The most common cause - long the uncomfortable position of the body.
If at night, for example, you were asleep, he threw back his hand behind his head, in the morning probably will not feel it. Another situation is when you are sitting, propped under her leg. You will feel a strong tingling in the limbs, which will force you to change your position.
- Try to still control the position of his body and not to create artificial barriers to the circulation of the blood.
- Do not sit too long in an uncomfortable position.
If the change of posture situation with numbness and tingling continues to disturb - an occasion to address to the neurologist or osteopath.
2. Nerve entrapment. Numbness in the hands or feet may be caused by a pinched nerve in one of the parts of the spine. More often than not - the cervical or lumbar.
Usually this is due to a head injury, or tailbone. From the bounce can be displaced vertebrae from what there is tension in the muscles and soft tissues. And the nerve trunks, reaching toward the feet or hands, pinch.
- Depending on which nerve root is pinched, numb, or some one finger, or the entire back of the hand or foot.
- To return the sensitivity, it is necessary to remove the cause - the displacement of the vertebrae and the bones of the skull.
- Often numb limb below the affected places. In severe cases, motor function is not possible.
- Treating pathologies include analgesia, vitamin and apply other means for restoring nerve integrity. When all will fall into place, muscle tension gone, and nothing will pinch the nerve roots.
3. Positional numbness. Some people experience numbness in a horizontal position with raised hands.
For example, when reading a book lying on the couch. After a while, a feeling of "pins and needles" in the fingers and palms. This is not the norm! This numbness is called positional. It arises in a certain position at which the arm or leg or pinch, but a little difficult to blood flow.
With good circulation flexing the elbow rest (when holding the book before a) should not interfere with proper blood circulation. If this happens, probably, there are problems with the cervical spine.
To correct, you need to address to the neurologist or osteopath.
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4. Local trauma. Sometimes the reason is injury. For example, the wrist.
So often the case with dislocation. Muscles tense, and nerves are pinched. Hence - the numbness. To establish a blood supply, it is necessary to return joints to their normal position.
5. carpal tunnel syndrome (tunnel syndrome). It may trigger a long job at the computer in an uncomfortable or static position, incorrect bending arms when using tablet or laptop.
Or voltage fingers when enthusiasm SMS messaging or too active communication in the messengers.
- The first symptoms tunnel syndrome - pain, tingling and numbness in the hands, discomfort when bending the hand, thumb and forefinger.
- Identify the disease in its early stages can connect back of the hand and lowered his hands down. Elbows should be directed in different directions, wrist bent at right angles. If 1 minute there is pain or discomfort - this is a bad sign and should take preventive tunnel syndrome. For example, often come off the gadgets to do the simple rotation of the wrists, compress, uncompress the fingers, rotate fists.
- Accurate diagnosis tunnel syndrome is under examination by a neurologist. In acute pain, and severe inflammation of the doctor prescribes medication. But if it does not help, you may need surgery (endoscopic or open pit).
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Do not miss a stroke!
Sudden numbness of the face, hands or feet can be a manifestation of acute stroke - stroke.
If you feel numbness on the background of severe weakness, headache, dizziness, high blood pressure, confusion, do not wait until everything goes by itself. Urgent call "fast" help! Do you have 3-5 hours, at which medical treatment gives the best results. Be sure to tell the operator about a possible suspicion of stroke, and describe the symptoms.
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