What to do when you feel numb all over when sleeping

If you feel numbness all over your body while sleeping, you should be alert. This is closely related to poor blood circulation and some nervous system diseases. If this happens occasionally, don't be too anxious. Just strengthen your health. However, if it happens frequently, you must seek medical attention in time to avoid greater harm to your health.

Why do I feel numb when I sleep?

Arm numbness when sleeping is related to blood circulation. When our sleeping posture is incorrect or our arms keep one movement for a long time, circulation is blocked and numbness will occur. Especially in summer when everyone likes to use air conditioning, this situation occurs more frequently.

Doctors remind everyone: Cervical spondylosis can also cause numbness in the arms, especially in middle-aged and elderly people who are a high-risk group. In addition to numbness in the hands, cervical spondylosis is also accompanied by soreness in the neck and shoulder muscles, soreness in the upper limbs, etc.

What to do when you feel numb all over when sleeping

1. Adjust your sleeping position

Don’t worry too much if your hands occasionally feel numb when you sleep. It is probably because your arms are being pressed, causing blood circulation problems. In this case, you can massage your arms more at night or find a comfortable position before going to bed.

2. Change your pillow

An inappropriate pillow height can also cause numbness in the arms. We need to choose a pillow of appropriate height. The pillow needs to be flat so that the head and neck can rest on it to allow blood to flow smoothly.

3. Go to the hospital for examination

Go to the hospital and take an X-ray to check whether the numbness in the hands is caused by cervical spondylosis. You can also ask family members to drag the patient's head on the side, hold the patient's upper limb on the side with one hand, stretch it 90 degrees, and stretch both hands in opposite directions. If there is radiating pain and numbness, it can be preliminarily confirmed as cervical spondylosis. People with cervical spondylosis are most afraid of cold, so pay attention to keeping warm and protect the neck and back.

4. Traditional Chinese medicine massage: Use your right hand to pinch the Jiquan point in the left armpit (located at the apex of the armpit, where the axillary artery pulsates), and then comb the inside and outside of the arm from top to bottom and from bottom to top. Then press the Hegu point (place the interphalangeal joint line of one thumb facing the thumb of the other hand, the edge of the web between the index fingers, where the tip of the thumb points) and Laogong point (located in the palm of the hand, between the 2nd and 3rd metacarpal bones, on the palm line of the metacarpal bones, where the tip of the middle finger points when you make a fist) 64 times each. It is best to switch hands and massage in the same way.