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First of all, because, middle-aged and elderly people hand numbness, most of the consideration is that there is poor blood circulation caused by the numbness of the limbs mind, that usually can go more walking around, exercise limbs. Is the cause of the elderly, in order to be safe, it is best to exclude the cardiovascular and other aspects will cause the cause, in addition can go to the improper to listen to the physician's arrangements to take some of the drugs to promote blood.

Secondly, cervical spondylosis is also a common cause of hand numbness, cerebral blood supply is insufficient will also produce numbness of the opposite limb, so you can go to the hospital to confirm the diagnosis of a cervical spine film to see the cervical spine. At the same time can also be also to rule out cardiovascular disease.

Finally teach, you a method, you can massage the index finger of the Shang Yang point, to relieve the numbness of the fingers of the elderly. Shang Yang point is on the radial side of the end of the index finger, 0.1 inch from the nail. This point is the well point of the hand Yangming large intestine meridian, which can relieve the numbness of hands and feet in life, especially for middle-aged and elderly people have special curative effect. So adhere to three to four times a day, each time adhere to ten minutes of massage, can effectively help us, relieve the numbness of hands and feet.

The above is what I have shared with you today, if you want to have a better understanding and awareness of yourself in your life, you can reply to me in the comment section with the word health, I will have a one-on-one hand diagnosis and face-to-face diagnosis with you to help you get to know and understand yourself better thanks for the trust, see you soon.

Hello! I'm @DrForest Xiangzi, and I'm here to answer the question [What's wrong with numbness in the hands of middle-aged and elderly people? This question.

Speaking of hand numbness, it is estimated that many people will have such an experience, pressure on the arm to sleep or has been a position for a long time will appear to be compressed parts of the numbness, once the pressure is lifted and then a little bit of activity will be relieved. In fact, this is because of the local blood vessels, nerve compression caused by local transient ischemia.

Numbness of hands, feet or limbs in middle-aged and old people is mostly related to insufficient blood supply and poor blood circulation. Thick blood fat, high blood viscosity, arteriosclerosis, elevated blood pressure, low blood pressure, can cause poor or slow blood flow, resulting in insufficient blood supply to the tissues and nerves of the body.

Of course, there are also some physical compression factors such as cervical spondylosis and lumbar spondylosis that can cause numbness in the hands, feet or limbs due to insufficient blood supply.

So, what are the diseases that trigger or induce hand numbness? The following author for you to introduce one by one.

I. Cervical spondylosis

Cervical spondylosis is a cervical intervertebral disc degenerative disease, cervical disc herniation or osteophytes in the cervical spine will affect the cervical intervertebral foramen stenosis, and the intervertebral foramen is the channel for the nerves to travel, the nerves come out from the intervertebral foramen to innervate the nerves of the hands and feet, to reach the coordination and to maintain the normal movement of the human body's limbs.

If the herniated disc or bony growth occupies the nerve channel, it will compress the nerves, especially the posterior root nerve, which will cause conduction sensory disorder or abnormality, and numbness of the hands will occur. This kind of numbness is mostly related to the distribution of nerves, so some patients with cervical spondylosis have numbness of the limbs, or abnormal sensation, which is mostly related to neurogenic cervical spondylosis.

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II. Aura or after-effects of stroke

No one is unfamiliar with the mention of stroke, which is actually a cerebrovascular accident according to Western medicine. In our daily life, we often see some patients on the street who suffer from the sequelae of stroke and have difficulty in moving one side of their limbs. The causes of stroke are mostly related to high blood pressure, thick blood fat or high cholesterol, and the age of onset is mostly over 40 years old.

According to Chinese medicine theory, the pathogenesis of stroke is closely related to internal injuries and accumulated damage, emotional and emotional injuries, dietary impurity, over-exertion, and qi deficiency and evil.

The human body is an organic whole. The basic pathogenesis of stroke is the imbalance of yin and yang, the reversal of qi and blood, and the upward offense to the brain, and although the disease is located in the brain, it is closely related to the heart, the liver, the spleen and the kidneys.

The pathology of stroke is mostly characterized by deficiency of the root and the standard, and the deficiency of the upper and the lower. The deficiency is the Yin deficiency of the liver and kidneys; the standard reality is the phlegm and saliva congestion, the wind and fire fan, the qi and blood rebellion.

According to traditional medicine, wind is the longest of all diseases, and its nature is good at traveling, and it changes rapidly and in many ways, so the clinical manifestations of stroke patients are varied.

Before the onset of stroke, there are dizziness, headache, numbness on one side of the limbs (including hand numbness) and other aura symptoms. Stroke aura of numbness of the hands and feet or limbs phenomenon, mostly and qi and blood deficiency can not nourish the skin.

Of course, patients with post-stroke symptoms may also suffer from leprosy, hernias or numbness of the limbs, which are mostly related to wind-phlegm stasis, blood stagnation due to Qi deficiency or Qi deficiency and blood stasis, deficiency of the liver and kidneys, and lack of nourishment for the tissues and skin.

In fact, in modern medicine, leprosy, foot leprosy, or numbness of limbs caused by stroke is mostly related to blood circulation disorders and insufficient blood supply caused by hypertension, hyperlipidemia, arteriosclerosis, cerebral infarction and cerebral hemorrhage.

@Dr. Forest Xiangzi

III. Diabetes

With the improvement of living conditions, more and more people suffer from diabetes, the cause of diabetes is mostly related to the pancreas secretion of insulin disorder or insufficient or genetic factors.

Type II diabetes is mostly related to obesity caused by overindulgence in fat, sweet and thick flavors, lack of dietary control, excessive comfort or insufficient activity, resulting in disorders of glucose metabolism in the body; Type II diabetes, in addition to hereditary factors, is also related to viral infections and autoimmune deficiencies after pancreatic islet cells have been destroyed.

Type 2 diabetes is most common in young people under the age of 30, and it usually starts quickly and develops rapidly. The typical clinical manifestations of type 2 diabetes are: eating more, drinking more, and urinating more, and losing weight, which is the most common form of diabetes. ". Many patients are treated for ketoacidosis before they realize they have diabetes. After diabetes combined with ketoacidosis, three more and one less symptoms are more prominent. These patients oral hypoglycemic drugs are ineffective, need to inject insulin treatment.

Type II diabetes mellitus is mostly seen in middle-aged and elderly people, generally obese body has a higher incidence, mostly manifested as fatigue and weakness, if not treated in time will appear metabolic disorders and weight loss. This type of diabetes has an insidious or slow onset, usually no symptoms in the early stages, mostly thirst, fatigue symptoms to go to the clinic to be found.

Patients with type II diabetes mellitus are often associated with hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and atherosclerosis.

Diabetic patients are prone to peripheral neuropathy and vasculopathy. Neuropathy is mostly characterized by sensory impairment or numbness of the hands, feet and limbs; peripheral vascular disease is characterized by insufficient blood supply to the peripheral circulation, which manifests itself in the endings of the limbs, such as leprosy and numbness of the feet.

In addition, transient ischemic attack will also appear hand numbness; long-term chronic diarrhea caused by vitamin deficiency, will also appear hand numbness; long-term smoking, alcoholism will also cause hand numbness; carpal tunnel syndrome, elbow tube syndrome will also cause hand numbness; trauma, infection will also cause hand numbness and so on.

Finally, I tell you, hand numbness is just a disease evidence, is the body's internal disease of the external reflection, no matter what the cause of hand numbness, we should go to the regular hospital to do a checkup, through the doctor reasonable diagnosis and treatment, to find the cause of the disease, and then take the appropriate treatment measures.

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Hand numbness is in daily life is very easy to appear the symptom, such as night sleep posture is not good, or at noon sleepy, in the desk on the floor for a while, or elbow by some impact, may often appear hand numbness. But these cases, generally a short time to disappear. If there is no clear reason, recurring hand numbness, or hand numbness lasts a long time, you need to go to the hospital. Middle-aged and elderly people with hand numbness is not uncommon, hand numbness is just a feeling and symptoms, caused by hand numbness for many reasons, the more common for the following kinds.

1. Cervical spondylosis The most common type of hand numbness is nerve root cervical spondylosis, mainly into the upper limbs of the nerve root by the cervical protruding intervertebral disc hyperplasia bone or calcified ligament and curvature changes in the vertebral body pressure, which will lead to nerve conduction is weakened, which will cause obvious hand numbness symptoms. And after the nerve root compression is severe, it is also easy to lead to one or both sides of the upper limb muscle weakness, or even muscle atrophy, which will seriously affect the patient's quality of life. Generally speaking, hand numbness caused by cervical spondylosis is mostly seen in unilateral.

2. Diabetes Diabetes control is not good prone to a variety of complications, diabetes is not terrible, complications are more headaches, one of which is diabetic neuropathy, for people over 50 years old with a history of diabetes, if there is a hand numbness with gloves, socks and gloves, the same feeling, but also have the same feeling of feet, which is a typical performance of diabetic peripheral neuropathy.

3. Stroke Sudden unilateral numbness of the limbs, need to be alert to acute cerebrovascular disease, such as transient ischemic attack (TIA), cerebral infarction or cerebral hemorrhage may be. Many stroke patients often have headache, dizziness, numbness of limbs and swelling of tongue before stroke. Numbness of the fingers" is one of the common symptoms. It is especially important to pay attention to patients who are old and have high blood pressure and high blood cholesterol in the past.

4. Carpal tunnel syndrome is also commonly referred to as the "mouse hand", middle-aged women who usually do housework is more laborious and hard, the wrist often do bending movements, or work in the long-term use of the mouse will appear to hold the mouse hand will be hand numbness, this is due to a long-term posture caused by the transverse carpal ligament hyperplasia compression of the median nerve will cause three and a half fingers of the numbness. Numbness, this is the performance of carpal tunnel syndrome. In addition, the elbow tube syndrome when the compression of the ulnar nerve, there will be ring little finger tingling, with the progression of the disease, there will be ring little finger numbness, hyperalgesia, and from the elbow to the proximal and distal radiation.

5. Peripheral neuritis Prolonged malnutrition may cause the body to lack of sufficient vitamins, especially vitamin B deficiency, will lead to nerve nutrition and metabolism impaired, slow conduction velocity, which may cause peripheral neuritis and nerve root lesions and cause numbness in the hands and feet. Numbness of the hands and feet usually occurs.

In addition, endocrine disorders in menopausal women may occur without any cause of hand numbness; low potassium and other electrolyte disorders may occur hand numbness; acid-base balance disorders can cause hand numbness, and some people are emotionally agitated, over-ventilation, resulting in respiratory alkalosis, which can cause numbness of the hands, perioral numbness, and even convulsions. Long-term alcoholism, there will be chronic alcoholism, causing numbness of the endings of the hands and feet; certain drugs, such as safranin and dysentery, can also cause numbness of the hands. Therefore, the middle-aged and elderly people, if the symptoms of hand numbness, and continue to be unable to relieve themselves and disappear, but the hospital in a timely manner to carry out the appropriate examination to clarify the cause.

Hand numbnessHand numbness is a self-sensory symptom that can only be felt by oneself and cannot be detected by a doctor or an instrument. On the surface hand numbness does not have much effect, but in fact, it may be a sign of certain diseases, many diseases will appear hand numbness symptoms.

(2) Cervical spondylosisThe cervical spondylosis is the most common disease that causes hand numbness. Cervical spondylosis is the most common cause of hand numbness disease, cervical spondylosis if the compression of the upper extremity of the nerves, there will be numbness and pain in the upper limbs, arms, accompanied by the typical manifestations of cervical spondylosis, such as cervical spine pain, torsion of unfavorable and so on.

Pressure and other causes of poor blood flow. Middle-aged and elderly people itself may be poor blood circulation, in the sleep if the pressure to the upper limbs, there will be numbness of the hand, this is similar to our feet after squatting in the toilet for a long time numbness, does not belong to the morbid state, to lift the compression, the activities of the arm can be restored soon.

(2) Stroke precursors.Many stroke patients will have a numbness of the hand before the stroke, in addition to the weakness of the arm, transient dizziness and other symptoms, and after the stroke will be out of the mouth and eyes, one side of the limbs can not be used and so on.

(3) Diabetics.Diabetic patients with poor glycemic control can develop some complications of peripheral nerve damage in the later stages of the disease, which can be manifested by numbness in the upper extremities and reduced sensitivity to various sensations.

(4) High blood fat. Long-term hyperlipidemia patients, blood viscosity is high, blood flow is slowed down, so the blood supply and oxygen supply to the endings of the limbs is insufficient, and the symptoms of hand numbness will occur.

Overall, there are many causes of numbness in the upper limbs, both temporary and due to disease, so it is recommended to carry out the appropriate examination to determine the cause of timely treatment!If it is caused by a disease, treat it as soon as possible to prevent other uncomfortable symptoms caused by it.

But this one I don't know if it's specifically the cause, some of it is out of my field, I'll talk about what's in my field haha

Some of these are beyond my scope, so I won't answer them. I'll talk about the cervical spine.

Neurogenic cervical spondylosis if only mild, you can massage massage and so on to relieve the pain, it is recommended that you usually do more exercise, such as swimming and other sports that can exercise the cervical spine, a reasonable arrangement of sleep in life, the diet should be nutritious If the situation is more serious, it is recommended that you go to the hospital in time to determine the cause of the disease, and then for treatment!

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What's going on with hand numbness in the elderly?

Hand numbness is a very common symptom, caused by hand numbness of many diseases, I will summarize a few, as follows:

• 1. High blood pressure:Blood pressure is the pressure of blood against the side walls of blood vessels. In hypertension, the pressure in the circulating arteries is higher, and the heart needs to overcome a greater resistance in order to shoot blood to the periphery, but even so, the circulation of hypertensive patients is still poorer than that of normal people, causing peripheral circulation disorders in the extremities, which can, over time, lead to a feeling of numbness in the hands;
• 2. Diabetes:This disease is a kind of endocrine disease that can involve the organs of the whole body, can cause metabolic disorders of the body, long-term carbohydrate, fat, protein metabolism disorders, can cause chronic progressive lesions of the nerves, which can cause peripheral neuritis in time, causing numbness of the hands;
• 3. Cervical spondylosis:Incorrect posture, sedentary and other bad habits have caused cervical spondylosis, cervical compression of the relevant nerves, then numbness of the hands can occur;
• 4. Cerebral infarction:Because the brain is the commanding officer of the human body, it is responsible for controlling human movement, sensation and other functions, and when a cerebral infarction occurs, it can destroy the relevant nerves causing numbness in the hands;
• 5. Peripheral neuritis:Bacterial and viral infections of peripheral nerves can also cause numbness in the hands;
• 6. Carpal tunnel syndrome:Patients may also experience numbness in their hands due to a range of symptoms caused by various factors that result in compression of the median nerve;
• 7. Anemia:The function of blood cells is mainly to carry oxygen. Decreased blood cells in anemia can cause hypoxia in the distal limbs, resulting in dysfunction, which can lead to hand numbness;
• 8. Chronic damage from alcohol:Long-term alcohol consumption can damage peripheral nerves and over time numbness of the hands can occur, mostly in long-term drinkers;
• 9. Other:Hand numbness can also occur due to factors such as menopausal syndrome, chronic smoking, and pregnancy.

Finally concluded: if the patient has symptoms of hand numbness, please go to the hospital as soon as possible to clarify the diagnosis, so as to avoid adverse consequences.

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There are many things that can cause numbness in the hands.

1. The hands are in a state of compression for various reasons, which can affect the normal flow of blood in the hands, resulting in hand numbness.

2. Damage to the nerves in the hand or inflammation leading to nerve fiber conductivity is affected, can also cause hand numbness.

3. Problems in the cervical spine, spinal cord, compression, irritation of peripheral nerves, or diabetes can cause this condition, and it is recommended to judge according to your own situation.

I'm @Dr. Siyoshi Hsu, orthopedic surgeon.

Numbness in the hands of middle-aged and elderly people is mainly associated with the following 3 factors:

First, cerebrovascular disease

Cerebrovascular disease is more common in the middle-aged and elderly population, mainly due to the hardening and narrowing of blood vessels, causing insufficient blood supply to the brain, affecting brain function and leading to different functional disruptions in the innervated parts of the brain.

Numbness in the hands is caused by a lack of blood supply to the brain, which causes nerve dystrophy, which in turn causes numbness in the limbs.

Second, cervical spondylosis

Cervical spondylosis can cause cervical spine hyperplasia, which compresses the blood vessels and nerves in the neck, affecting the function of the limbs and causing numbness of the limbs in different degrees.

Third, peripheral vascular lesions

With age, the peripheral blood vessel elasticity decreases or atherosclerotic lesions occur, affecting the blood supply to the limbs, making the blood supply to the peripheral tissues insufficient, which will cause numbness to appear in the limbs over time.

Recommendation:

01 Active treatment of underlying diseases

For those with underlying diseases, such as cerebrovascular disease and cervical spondylosis, actively treating the underlying diseases first can largely alleviate the symptoms of hand numbness;

02 Attention to dietary health

Eat less greasy food and more fresh fruits and vegetables to slow down the degree of hardening of blood vessels, which can also relieve the symptoms of hand numbness;

03 Moderate exercise

Exercise not only helps to treat cerebrovascular disease and alleviate the symptoms of cervical spondylosis, but also promotes blood circulation in peripheral blood vessels and reduces numbness in the limbs.

General people in the sleep if the posture is not correct, neck skewed arm pressure will also cause numbness of the fingers, rest, rest, rub the arm will be good. But if often hand numbness, we should consider the following kinds of diseases:

First, gout: clinical shows that about 1% of patients with hand numbness is caused by gout, so it should be combined with other symptoms, such as ankle, knee joint redness, swelling and hot pain, headache, fever and other systemic symptoms.

Second, transient cerebral ischemia: this is a common cause of numbness in the hands of the elderly. Elderly people often have high blood pressure, high blood fat, and the elderly blood viscosity will increase, sleep and slow blood flow, these will lead to the occurrence of transient cerebral ischemia and lead to hand numbness. Therefore, the elderly should check their blood pressure, blood fat and do examinations regularly, and if they have high blood pressure or high blood fat, they should cooperate with the hospital for treatment. Usually drink more water, take some medicine to reduce blood viscosity, prevent thrombosis, improve cerebral blood supply, hand numbness phenomenon will be eliminated.

Third, cervical spondylosis: cervical spondylosis is a common disease among middle-aged and old people, and hand numbness is one of its symptoms. Suffering from cervical spondylosis, can be treated by physiotherapy, floating needle, plasters, Chinese medicine collapse stains and blood circulation drugs. Usually you can often do some slow activity neck health exercises, and pay attention to sleep pillow height to be appropriate, generally 7-9 centimeters high, not too high or too low, soft and hard to moderate, sleeping posture should be correct, you can also do soybean pillow to improve cervical spondylosis.

Fourth, diabetes: diabetic peripheral neuropathy after there will be numbness of the limbs and sensory abnormalities and other symptoms. If you have diabetes, pay attention to the stabilization of blood sugar, but the hospital with the doctor for treatment.

Fifth, peripheral neuritis: for long-term digestion and absorption function is poor, malnutrition, can cause vitamin B1 deficiency to peripheral neuritis, there will be numbness of the hand symptoms, this should pay attention to increase some of the nutrients, and more supplemental vitamin B1 on the line.

Sixth, overdose: If certain drugs are overdosed, such as gentamicin, the side effect of numbness of the lips and limbs will occur, be careful to avoid overdose, and please consult a doctor as soon as possible if the symptoms are serious.

Seven, chronic alcoholism can cause hand numbness: for frequent drinkers, if the palm of the hand numbness, may indicate chronic alcoholism. Chronic alcoholism, if not timely intervention, can lead to dysfunction of the body systems, and even irreversible pathological damage, such as chronic peptic inflammation and ulcers, alcoholism myocarditis, fatty liver or cirrhosis, central nervous system degeneration or cerebral atrophy.

Eight, carpal tunnel syndrome: prolonged use of computers, housewives and repeatedly engaged in hand activities related to personnel will be more likely to trigger the hand numbness, which is the arm muscle group tension caused by the general situation through the floating needle of this traditional Chinese medicine can be quickly cured. But in our daily lives, we still need to pay attention to not overwork, or even if the good will appear again hand numbness problem.

From the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, there are many reasons for hand numbness, such as wind evil into the collateral, lack of vital energy, insufficient blood, phlegm-dampness blockage, blood stasis blockage, and so on, the causes of the onset of the more complex, traditional Chinese medicine clinic to identify the evidence of the best results.

Therefore, it is still recommended that if you have frequent hand numbness, you should not delay and seek medical attention as soon as possible!

First of all, it should be clear which part of the hand is numb, whether it is the whole hand or localized; if it is localized, it is usually caused by sports strain. If it is the whole hand is generally due to cervical spondylosis, cerebrovascular disease caused by