diabetes
Diabetes will produce many complications, and diabetic neuropathy is one of them. If peripheral neuropathy occurs, there will be symptoms such as numbness of limbs and abnormal sensation. Once you have diabetes, you should have regular and reasonable treatment, control your blood sugar within the normal range, and pay attention to supplementing vitamin B 1, vitamin B6, vitamin C and so on.
Transient ischemic attack
Old people often suffer from diseases such as hypertension and hyperlipidemia. Hypertension can cause vasospasm, hyperlipidemia can cause blood viscosity to increase, and blood flow is slow at night. These factors can lead to transient cerebral ischemia and finger numbness. Therefore, the elderly should regularly check their blood pressure, blood lipids and hemorheology. If they have high blood pressure or hyperlipidemia, they should be treated for lowering blood pressure and lipid, and drink plenty of water. You can also use nimodipine, Danshen tablets, Weinaolutong and low-dose aspirin under the guidance of a doctor to improve microcirculation and eliminate finger numbness.
cervical spondylopathy
Its symptoms are varied, and numbness of fingers is one of them. Cervical X-ray can help diagnose it. In addition to physical therapy, traction and some drugs for promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis, cervical spondylosis can also be treated by doing some exercises to slowly move the neck. When sleeping, the height of the pillow should be appropriate, usually 7 ~ 9 cm high, with moderate hardness and correct sleeping posture to avoid local blood vessels and nerve tissues being compressed.
Acute alcoholism
For some people who often drink alcohol, if the palm feels numb, it means chronic alcoholism. If chronic alcoholism is not intervened in time, it will lead to dysfunction of various systems of the body, and even irreversible pathological damage, such as chronic gastroenteritis and ulcer, alcoholic myocarditis, fatty liver or cirrhosis, degeneration of the central nervous system or brain atrophy.
Peripheral neuritis
If the elderly have poor digestion and absorption function and long-term malnutrition, it will cause peripheral neuritis caused by vitamin B 1 deficiency and cause finger numbness. If the posture is not correct during sleep, the neck deflection and arm compression will also cause finger numbness.
Do you know what finger numbness means now? What diseases can finger numbness cause? Therefore, Chinese medicine warmly reminds you not to ignore the phenomenon of finger numbness, which may be an early signal of some diseases.
Common diseases leading to finger numbness
There are the following: [1]
Peripheral neuritis
Finger peripheral nerve can cause finger numbness due to poisoning, infection, vitamin B deficiency, finger blood supply disorder and other reasons. Most fingers of both hands occur at the same time, and they can often be recovered after resection. Oral administration or injection of vitamin B 1, acupuncture and other treatments can promote recovery.
Ulnar nerve injury
When the ulnar nerve of the forearm and upper arm is injured or compressed, or suffers from tumor, it can cause numbness of the little finger and ring finger on the same side and some finger movement disorders, especially at the groove of ulnar nerve behind elbow. Most of them will gradually recover about half a year after injury, but if they have tumors, complete fractures or severe compression, they often need surgery.
Median nerve injury
The median nerve of forearm and upper arm is numb in palm, thumb, forefinger and middle finger due to trauma, tumor and compression. Wrist is the most vulnerable to injury or compression, which is called carpal tunnel syndrome. The treatment principle is the same as before.
Radial nerve injury
The middle and lower segment of the lateral upper arm is easy to damage the radial nerve, resulting in numbness on the back of thumb and forefinger and drooping fingers and wrists. The treatment principle is the same as before.
Brachial plexus injury
Injury or injury of axillary or anterior neck can lead to mixed symptoms of total or partial injury of ulnar nerve, median nerve and flexor nerve. The treatment principle is the same as before.
cervical spondylopathy
Compression of cervical nerve root or cervical spinal cord due to cervical hypertrophy and hyperplasia or cervical intervertebral disc degeneration and protrusion can cause numbness of one or both fingers and gradually develop into upper arm, forearm and even upper limb movement disorder. Recently, someone wrote to describe the numbness and pain in the fingers of the right hand. Sometimes the whole arm is numb and painful, and it is difficult to knit a sweater with a pen. In line with the situation of cervical spondylosis, the letter said that when the hand droops, it will not be numb or painful without exertion. It means that the right upper limb is not compressed after relaxation, and the lesion is still light.