Numb hands at night: the reason - not age Bashny.Net

Many people, especially members of the older age groups, familiar tingling, "pins and needles", clumsiness, numbness in the hands, especially at night. However, the symptom may be seen at any age. The main and most common reason why numb hands at night, is a cervical osteochondrosis or accumulation of salts in the cervical spine. The illness occurs in 70% of the population over the age of 50 years, but the process starts after overcoming the 30-year milestone. Who are increasingly found in adolescents and osteochondrosis.

Among other causes unpleasant sensations in the hands of isolated heart disease and circulatory system, atherosclerosis, atherothrombosis vessels, diabetes, hypertension, arthritis of small joints, inflammation in the nerves themselves, a lack of vitamins of group B. In the absence of any pathology numbness in the hands may occur when properly matched cushion or non-physiological position of the body and, above all, the hands, during sleep. Many people have the habit of sleeping with upturned up or planted under the head in his hands, making it difficult blood circulation in the upper limbs.




How numb hands
night Discomfort can be very diverse in their localization. It is very rare to find all numb hands. Most numb any part of it, that depends entirely on the cause of the disease:

1. Cervical osteochondrosis, spondylosis, hernia or protrusion of the intervertebral discs of the cervical spinal column, especially when the disease process is localized in the lower segments of the cervical (C5-C7). It is from this part of the spinal cord out nerves to the hands. At the same time, depending on the suffering of the nerve root, numbness can be localized:

on the inner surface of the arm, from the shoulder to the tips of 5 and half of the 4 fingers (C7);
on the rear side of the shoulder and forearm, the rear surface of the fingers 2 and 3 (C6);
on the side of the hand to the thumb and forefinger (C5).

With widespread pathological process lower cervical department numbness location may be different. Headache with cervical osteochondrosis - is also not uncommon

. 2. Carpal tunnel syndrome - compression of the nerves going to the brush, in a narrow channel formed by the bones of the wrist. Occurs when the long-term activities related to the same type of load on the brush by type flexion-extension movements (work at the computer, playing musical instruments, assembly parts, conveyor). This is accompanied by numbness in the whole hand or parts of it is strictly below the wrist, sometimes there is numbness of the fingers. The overlying the hands of departments in the pathological process is not involved.

3. Polyarthritis small hand joints. It is characterized by manifestations only in the fingers.

4. In the pathology of the shoulder or elbow joints symptoms will occur in the lower parts of the upper extremity.

5. Diabetes mellitus and other metabolic disorders (diseases of the liver, kidney, endocrine pathology). This also can be attributed to the abuse of alcohol and nicotine, as the mechanism of disease development is very similar. Numbness in this case is "bottom-up" nature, begins with the more remote sections and gradually, over time, "climbs" up. This happens as the involvement of larger vessels. Affects usually just two hands, feeling symmetrical.

6. In hypertensive numbness of hands at night appears only at an elevated level of blood pressure.

7. Of particular importance is the numbness of hands with heart disease. We should pay attention to what kind of hand is numb. If you experience any discomfort in his right hand, it is with a large percentage of probability can be "written off" in the cervical osteochondrosis. But the numbness of the left hand may be a sign of serious heart problems such as angina or heart attack. If numbness of the left arm suddenly appeared, especially at night, and does not pass for an hour, access to a doctor necessarily.

What if in a dream numb hands

1. Try to eliminate all possible factors:

replace the pillow;
choose a more comfortable position for sleep, often changing position, not to allow vessels pinch;
eliminate the use of alcohol and nicotine, especially at night;
not to engage in sleep before work related to the load on the hands.
2. Exercise in the event of a numbness of hands at night:

without getting up from the bed, lie on your back and pull your hands up, bend and unbend the fingers 50 times, then put his hands along the body and repeat the exercise;
rotational motion at the wrist;
get up and close his hands behind his back to the castle, try to raise them as high as possible;
In mild cases, simply shake hands.
3. relax tense neck muscles can be easily self-massage before bed and during the day. Simply rub the neck palms, you can thus use anti-inflammatory ointments (Nise, Fastum gel).

4. In the absence of contraindications and physiotherapy can be used depending on the cause:

magnetic therapy on neck;
phonophoresis, darsonvalization hands;
paraffin on the hands, forearms;
electrophoresis Lydasum on carpal tunnel area.

5. Folk remedies:

honey wrap: to smear honey on numb areas of the hands of a thin layer, wrap up and leave for the night, the course 7-10 procedures;
Ledum palustre 5 tbsp minced raw pour 1 cup of apple cider vinegar, to insist for a week and use for rubbing numb areas;
a glass of hot water every morning on an empty stomach will help to strengthen the walls of blood vessels.