Why Do I Wake Up With My Hands Numb And Tingling
Camila Farah
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One of the most common reasons for which a patient will come see me in my office is due to a tingling sensation in their hands.
Feeling numbness or a tingling effect on hands or feet is known to be a symptom of peripheral neuropathy. Your hand may be numb right after you wake up simply because you ve put too much pressure on it while sleeping. Many people are confused thinking they are sleeping on their hands or arms and cutting off blood circulation but this is not what is happening. Sometimes however numbness in the hands may be a symptom of chronic conditions such as carpal tunnel syndrome or diabetes.
These patients oftentimes say that a burning sensation or pain in their hands wakes them up throughout the night and they either need to 1 shake the hand 2 hang it off the side of the bed or 3 raise the hand up in the air to alleviate the symptoms. This oftentimes happens at night when sleeping and can severely disrupt the quality of their sleep. A host of other conditions such as systemic diseases and medication can also cause numbness in hands. If you wake up in the morning with tingling or numb hands because of falling asleep on your arm pins and needles is probably the only symptom you may have.
Trapped inflammation and trapped lymphatic fluid cause pressure on the median nerve in the carpal tunnel and also restrict blood circulation causing this strange collection of symptoms. Numbness in the hands generally means that there is compression or a lack of signal in one of the nerves controlling the. Waking up with numb fingers hands or arms. Poor sleeping posture is a possible cause of waking up with numb hands.
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