In life, many people have experienced numbness in their hands, fingers can't stretch normally, or even can't be relieved for a long time. This phenomenon is called hand numbness. It doesn't matter if it happens occasionally, but if the frequency is too high and there are headache and dizziness symptoms, we should be alert. There are many causes of hand numbness, but usually hand numbness is a signal from some diseases.
Frequent hand numbness may be a sign of disease initiation
1. Cervical spondylosis
Patients with cervical spondylosis will have the problem of disc hyperplasia due to the excessive strain of cervical spine. Therefore, when the cervical nerve is compressed by the joint, it will cause the phenomenon of hand numbness.
2. Coronary heart disease
The phenomenon of hand anesthesia also occurs in patients with coronary heart disease. This is because the plaque formed by blood vessels will block the myocardial blood flow speed, the oxygen supply of myocardial cells will decrease, resulting in the loss of sensation of the arm nerve.
3. Diabetes
Diabetic patients with high blood concentration, will induce neuropathy, prone to limb numbness.
4. Chronic alcoholism
People who drink for a long time will also have the symptoms of hand numbness, mainly because alcohol will damage the brain and nerves, reduce the reflex function of the human body, and thus often appear limb numbness and other problems.
5, gout
Many gout patients suffer from hand numbness and pain due to the compression of nerves caused by uric acid precipitation, which can usually be relieved by treatment.
Frequent hand numbness should be prevented early
If people's hands are often numb for no reason, it is likely to be a signal of the coming of the above diseases, which need to be prevented early.
&Middot; lacing
First of all, stretch your arms forward, palms down, press the back of your other hand down, then pull your palms back in, and stretch back and forth ten times, which can relieve the hand numbness.
&Middot; massage
Through hand massage, promote blood circulation, to a certain extent, help relieve hand anesthesia. Pressing the Laogong point in the palm of the hand until you feel acid swelling can relieve the numbness of the hand.
&Middot; water bottle
Holding the bottle filled with water with your hand, and then relying on the strength of your arm, you can lift or bend your wrist up and down at a constant speed to move back and forth, which is also a way to relieve the numbness of your hands.
&Middot; cervical protection
To frequently move the cervical vertebra, you can do some health exercises that are conducive to the protection of the cervical vertebra; when sleeping, you should choose a highly appropriate pillow, which should not be too high, too low, too soft and too hard, so as to relax the blood vessels and nerves of the cervical vertebra, avoid compressing the nerves of the arms, and cause hand numbness.
If hand numbness occurs, it should not be ignored, because it may be a signal of physical problems. If the frequency is too high, it is better to go to the hospital for diagnosis and treatment.