Why is my right hand and foot numb?

Numbness in the hands and feet is often caused by insufficient blood supply to the nerve endings. When people experience numbness in their hands and feet, they should pay close attention to find out what causes the numbness. If it is caused by staying in the same position for a long time, it will recover after a while, but if it is constantly shaking, it is likely that there is an organic disease in the body, and you should go to the hospital for examination and treatment in time.

1. What causes numbness in the right hands and feet?

Numbness in the hands and feet is caused by poor peripheral blood circulation. Numbness occurs due to insufficient local blood supply to the hands and feet.

Numbness in the hands and feet is a symptom that people often experience in their daily lives. It can be caused by pregnancy, incorrect sleeping posture, and squatting on the toilet for a long time.

Numbness in the hands and feet is actually called arthralgia in the field of traditional Chinese medicine. It is an important signal that wind, cold, dampness, and evil toxins have invaded the body. If not treated in time, the meridians will be damaged, thus destroying the human body's nerve conduction function system, causing nerve necrosis, and eventually leading to stroke, hemiplegia, myocardial infarction, cerebral infarction, and diabetic gangrene, causing lifelong regrets.

2. Factors that cause numbness in hands and feet

Vascular factors: when we sit for a long time or sit in a bad posture, it will cause numbness in the lower limbs. When the hands are placed in the wrong posture, they will also become numb. Once you relax, it feels like millions of ants are crawling on you. Nerve factors: There is axoplasm flowing in the nerves. When the nerves are compressed, the axoplasm flow is blocked.

It can also cause numbness in the hands. The main nerves to the palm are the radial nerve, ulnar nerve, and median nerve. These nerves start from the cervical vertebral canal, pass through joints, ligaments, and bone fiber tubes to reach the end of the palm. If the nerves are compressed at any part, it will cause numbness in the hand. Brain factors, all nerves originate from the brain, when there is a problem with the brain. If there is a stroke, the area controlled by the brain will become numb and weak. Systemic factors, some systemic diseases such as long-term high blood lipids can easily cause hardening of the blood vessel walls. In addition, high blood lipids make the blood viscous, blood flow slows down, and the amount of oxygen and nutrients obtained by cells is reduced, leading to numbness.

3. Diseases caused by numbness in hands and feet

Cervical spondylosis is the most common disease that causes numbness in the fingers. It is also one of the diseases that are common among middle-aged and elderly people. In recent years, this disease has tended to occur in younger people. This is also a common cause of numbness in fingers, which is more common in the elderly. This disease should be considered especially when numbness occurs on one side of the limbs. The onset is usually sudden, the duration is short, and it is often accompanied by other symptoms such as limb weakness, dizziness, headache, etc. Bilateral symmetrical numbness of the fingers in diabetes is a common symptom of diabetic peripheral neuropathy. Epidemiology shows that the prevalence of diabetes among Chinese residents has reached 9.7%, with a total number of nearly 100 million. Peripheral neuritis causes numbness, pain and weakness in the fingers, which occurs symmetrically on both sides, indicating that you may have peripheral neuritis, which can be caused by a variety of reasons. The clinical manifestations vary slightly depending on the cause of the disease.

Foods to treat numbness in hands and feet

Old loofah tendon soup, take 50 grams of old loofah tendons, boil 1 bowl of soup and drink it once, twice a day, for 1 week, it is very effective. For mulberry leaf foot bath, use an appropriate amount of frosted mulberry leaves, dry them, then use a casserole to add an appropriate amount of water and boil them, then take out the mulberry leaves and soak your hands and feet for 15 minutes while they are hot. Take twice a day, usually effective in 3 days.

Steamed black fungus with honey, take 50 grams of black fungus, 50 grams of honey, and 25 grams of brown sugar. Wash the fungus and put it in a bowl. Mix it with honey and brown sugar. Steam it in a pot and eat. Take it in 3 days. To make pepper juice, take 300 grams of fresh peppercorns (60 grams of dried product), add 500 milliliters of water and boil until 200 milliliters remain. Pour into a bowl, place it on the roof to expose to the sun overnight, cover it with a basket, remove it when the sun is about to rise, and drink it cold. Cover yourself with a blanket and sweat, and the disease will usually heal in one time. Astragalus, Angelica and Lean Meat Soup: use 50 grams of lean meat, 30 grams of astragalus, 10 grams of angelica, 3 grams of Panax notoginseng, and 3 dates. Stew together and drink. Astragalus and Angelica have the effects of replenishing qi, nourishing blood, and promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis. This prescription is suitable for patients with stroke sequelae such as soft limbs, numbness of hands and feet, and qi deficiency and blood stasis.