Numbness of hands and feet is a common symptom in people's daily life, such as pregnancy, incorrect sleeping position, squatting in the toilet for a long time, etc., which are generally eliminated in a short time without any major problems. And some people's numbness in their hands and feet can't be relieved for a long time (more than one day), which may be a sign of physical illness.
The numbness of hands and feet caused by diseases includes:
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★ The causes of numbness in hands and feet generally include the following four aspects:
First, people with diabetes will be numb in their hands and feet. As long as numbness, soreness and swelling often occur in any part of the body, it is necessary to check blood sugar in time.
The second is numbness caused by drugs or chemicals. If you have a cold or diarrhea, taking berberine or furazolidone will cause numbness in your hands and feet; Staying in an environment containing hydrogen, arsenic and carbon disulfide for a long time can also cause numbness in hands and feet.
The third is numbness caused by neuritis. The most common symptoms of neuritis are numbness of hands and feet, muscular atrophy and weakness of limbs. If you have diarrhea or catch a cold for half a month, it will cause neuritis.
Fourth, the limbs are scattered and numb. Numbness of limbs does not occur at the same time, but is scattered. This situation is that local nerves are stimulated, such as stroke coma after drunkenness, nerve stimulation of the head, nerve stimulation of the hands of the elderly with crutches, numbness of the upper limbs caused by cervical spondylosis, and numbness of the legs caused by waist and shoulder nerve stimulation.
Numbness of hands and feet cannot be treated symptomatically, but the cause should be treated. No matter what causes numbness in hands and feet, you should first go to the hospital neurology department to check whether there is nerve damage and what kind of stimulation you have received.
If it is a neurological problem, electromyography is needed to further confirm the degree, scope and nature of nerve injury. If the numbness of hands and feet is caused by other reasons, it will be transferred to other relevant departments for treatment.
The numbness of hands and feet caused by nerve injury should be treated with drugs or surgery according to the degree, scope and nature of nerve injury. Drug therapy is usually combined with acupuncture and physical therapy to promote its rapid recovery. Surgical treatment is to open the compressed nerve by surgery to relieve the oppression and stimulation of the nerve.
The degree of cure of the disease mainly depends on the etiology and nature of neuropathy. If it is peripheral nerve injury (except brain and spinal cord), it usually takes a long time to recover.
The numbness of hands and feet in the elderly is closely related to cerebrovascular sclerosis, among which slight stroke and hypertension cause the most numbness.
The so-called "small stroke" is also called "transient ischemic attack". Due to the ischemia of brain tissue, especially cerebral cortex, the sensory and motor centers of the brain appear dysfunction, leading to numbness of limbs in corresponding parts. Cerebral ischemia can cause numbness of one upper limb or lower limb, or hemiplegia, which usually lasts for several hours to several days. If not treated in time, it can develop into hemiplegia and even endanger life.
"Small stroke" is accompanied by dizziness, headache and visual impairment (blurred vision or diplopia, etc. ), memory loss (especially recent memory loss), high or low blood pressure. Numbness of hands and feet is mostly unilateral, and numbness of thumb or forefinger is common.
When blood pressure fluctuates or rises, systemic arterioles spasm and arterial lumen narrows, which can hinder colloidal blood circulation and lead to insufficient blood supply to hands and feet and numbness. In addition to numbness of hands and feet, the patient's limbs may feel stiff and ants walk, and often accompanied by dizziness, headache, dizziness, tinnitus, insomnia and other symptoms. In addition, blood pressure drops suddenly, and sometimes there may be a feeling of numbness in the fingers.
In spring, patients with hypertension are more prone to numbness of hands and feet, which is mostly related to the dry and cold climate in early spring, which is easy to cause sympathetic nerve excitement and systemic capillary contraction, thus causing blood pressure to rise. In addition to numbness of hands and feet, hypertension sometimes leads to transient cerebral ischemia to cerebral hemorrhage, which can seriously lead to facial distortion, paralysis, aphasia and coma, and even death.
Cerebrovascular sclerosis is most common in people over 60 years old. Therefore, when the elderly have repeated numbness in their hands and feet recently, they should first consider cerebrovascular diseases. Because cerebrovascular diseases are often related to blood pressure, blood sugar and blood viscosity.
In order to make a definite diagnosis, patients should go to the hospital to check their blood pressure, blood lipid, blood sugar, fundus and hemorheology, and cooperate with X-ray or CT examination when necessary. Once the primary disease is diagnosed, targeted treatment should be carried out, such as lowering blood pressure, thrombolysis, lipid and blood sugar.
★ Numbness of hands and feet may also be a problem of cervical vertebrae. If you often work at your desk or computer workers should consider whether there is cervical spondylosis, cervical spondylosis is easy to oppress nerves, leading to poor blood circulation and numbness of hands and feet.
■ Preventive measures for numbness of hands and feet caused by office workers and computer workers ■
Neck and shoulder movements
1, put your fingers behind your head, put your body weight on your hands and arms, press your head down, straighten your neck, and take five deep breaths.
2. Put your right hand on your left ear, gently hook it, tilt your head to the right, take a deep breath for 5 times, and change your left hand after repeating several times.
3, slowly turn the neck, clockwise and counterclockwise 5 times each.
4. Lift your shoulders, exhale and let go, and repeat for 4~5 times.
5. Shake your shoulders, 5 times backward and 5 times forward.
6. Look at the bottom with your face to the right, repeat 3~5 times, and then reverse.
7. Relax your sitting posture, put your arms vertically on your knees, and then hold your head up and hold your chest high. The two move alternately for 3~5 times.
Foot and foot movement
Bend your legs and lift parallel to your chest. Hold them up and down five times each, which will make you feel comfortable.
Turn your ankle clockwise and counterclockwise 10 times.
Put your toes together and bend up and down alternately for 5 times.
Put your feet flat on the ground and change your feet. Repeat the exercise 20~30 times.
Hand and facial movements
1. Press the top of your head with your fingertips and move up and down. (pat)
2. Gently massage from the temple to the chin with your fingertips.
3. Hold the upper eyelid with your index finger and thumb, pull it outward and repeat.
4. Massage your eyes along your cheekbones.
Massage from nostril to chin and back to the original point.
Massage your chin.
The mandible rotates left and right 5 times.
Hold the tip of your nose with your palm and do circular motion five times in each direction.
Hold the ear bone and pull it up, down and out for 3 times, then turn it forward and backward for 3 times.
13 "aerobics" trick for office workers
1. Cover your ears with your hands and flick your head with your fingers 10~20 times to promote blood circulation in your brain.
2. Pull the ear, pass the right hand through the back of the head, and pull down the left earlobe; Then, put your left hand through the back of your head and pull down the right earlobe, doing 10~20 times each time.
3, eye training, eyes overlooking the scenery outside the window, eyes blinking down hard, can alleviate the fatigue of the eye lens.
4. "Turn the neck": Turn the neck Zuo Zuo, left and right, back and forth, clockwise, and then counterclockwise to relax the tension of the neck.
5, the most painful point around the shoulder, you can use the method of pressing, which can relieve the pain.
6, "rubbing your face", rubbing your face after your hands are hot and making your face hot can play a role in promoting blood circulation.
7, "stretching", repeated several times.
8. Raise your arms above your head and hold the wall down to stretch and pull the tired muscles.
9, "rubbing the stomach", the palm rotates clockwise, and then moves counterclockwise to help digestion.
10, "Abdominal deep breathing", we usually use chest breathing, we can use abdominal deep breathing, one is to relax.
1 1, "lifting anus", the contraction and relaxation of anus can prevent diseases such as hemorrhoids.
12, take a walk.
13, don't take the elevator, climb the stairs, simple and practical exercise in the office.
The more severe numbness in hands and feet may be a precursor to stroke.
★ If numbness of hands and feet is accompanied by backache, leg pain, leg cramps and other discomforts, it is actually a signal of calcium deficiency in the body. You can drink some milk and do more exercise to solve the problem.
★ If numbness of hands and feet is accompanied by: sweating, dizziness, weakness of limbs, nosebleeds and other discomforts, it may be caused by anemia, and you need to go to the hospital for blood routine.
★ In addition: if there are three highs: hypertension, hyperlipidemia and hyperglycemia, it will easily lead to poor peripheral blood circulation and numbness of hands and feet;
Causes of numbness of hands and feet caused by non-diseases:
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☆ Chinese medicine believes that people have secular desires. Among them, seven emotions refer to: joy, anger, sadness, thinking, sadness, fear and surprise. There are several points,
Happy and sad,
Grief hurts the liver,
Thinking hurts the spleen,
Sad lungs,
Afraid, afraid of hurting the kidney.
If these events are too strong, they will all harm your health.
Crying for a long time will "shock" the liver and lungs. Because the liver governs blood, anger injures the liver, the blood bank fluctuates, the blood vessels are disordered, and the lung governs qi. When they are "injured", their blood circulation will be blocked, and their respiratory system will temporarily "fail", resulting in numbness and weakness in their hands and feet, uncontrollable convulsions in their faces, dizziness, chest tightness and breathlessness.
This is the mechanism of the internal organs of the body, not the nerve. The solution to the problem is to control your emotions. Don't cry and be sad. If you cry, drink more water or sleep for a while to relieve yourself.
Numbness of hands and feet can also be caused by deficiency of qi and blood, both of which are blood deficiency. Because yang is weak, it leads to blood deficiency, but yang can't promote blood circulation and blood can't reach the vascular endings. Hands and feet are limbs of human body, so blood deficiency can cause numbness.
Pay attention to maintenance at ordinary times, and eat less cold food for yang deficiency.
solution
Numbness of hands and feet caused by the above-mentioned non-substantive diseases
You can take some Chinese medicine to recuperate slowly.
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Sometimes the occasional lack of rest, lack of exercise, physical weakness, and frequent sitting in the office can also lead to numbness of hands and feet. The best solution is to get up and run in the morning and pay attention to rest.