Causes of numbness in hands and feet

In many cases, we will experience numbness in our hands and feet. There are many reasons for this. Physical illness, drug factors, and external injuries can all cause numbness in the hands and feet. When we feel uncomfortable, we need to find the cause of the disease and then provide targeted treatment. Many people don’t understand the causes of numbness in their hands and feet. Let’s take a closer look.

Patients with numbness in hands and feet will experience numbness, swelling, and difficulty in movement when the disease occurs. The time of onset is uncertain and can occur at night or in the morning. Under normal circumstances, the disease will resolve on its own. If the condition is serious, timely medical attention is required.

What causes numbness in hands and feet? People with diabetes may experience numbness in their hands and feet. If numbness, soreness, or swelling often occurs in any part of the body, blood sugar should be checked promptly, especially for the elderly. For example, if you have a cold or diarrhea, it will cause numbness in your hands and feet; if you stay in an environment containing hydrogen, arsenic, carbon disulfide, etc. for a long time, numbness in your hands and feet will also occur. The most common symptoms of neuritis are numbness of hands and feet, muscle atrophy, and weakness in the limbs. If you have diarrhea or a cold for half a month, it will cause neuritis. Numbness does not occur in the limbs at the same time, but occurs in a scattered manner. This means that local nerves are stimulated, such as a stroke after being drunk, coma causing stimulation of the head nerves, stimulation of the hand nerves by the elderly using crutches, upper limb numbness caused by cervical spondylosis, and leg numbness caused by stimulation of the lumbar shoulder nerves.

One is that cerebral thrombosis causes compression and damage to the brain nerves, leading to numbness of the hands and feet. In this case, you need to go to the neurology department of the hospital for treatment. After the diagnosis is confirmed, you can take appropriate drug treatment. Another possibility is that bone hyperplasia in the cervical spine compresses the cervical spinal nerves, causing numbness in the hands and feet. In this case, you should go to the orthopedics department of the hospital, preferably the spinal surgery department, and have a cervical spine X-ray, CT or MRI examination. If the cervical spinal cord is indeed compressed, traction or drugs to treat bone hyperplasia can be used. If the compression is severe and drug treatment is ineffective, surgical treatment should be considered. Numbness in the hands and feet cannot be treated symptomatically, but the cause must be treated. No matter what causes numbness in the hands and feet, you should first go to the hospital's neurology department for examination to determine whether the nerves are damaged and what kind of stimulation they have received. If it is a neurological problem, an electromyography examination will be required to further confirm the extent, range, and nature of the nerve damage.

The above content is an introduction to the causes of numbness in hands and feet. I hope it can be of some help to you. In our daily life, we need to pay attention to taking good care of our body, pay attention to adjusting our diet, and also do proper exercise to keep our body in the best condition. If the condition is serious, you need to go to the hospital for treatment actively.