Arm numbness may be caused by radiculopathy, anterior oblique muscle syndrome, or cerebral infarction, but the causes are different and the treatments are different.
1. Neurogenic cervical spondylosis: Neurogenic cervical spondylosis is a kind of disease caused by degenerative changes of cervical intervertebral discs, which oppresses the cervical nerve roots of the corresponding segments and leads to the disease, and the disease can lead to the symptom of numbness and distension of the arms of the patients.
2. Anterior oblique muscle syndrome: anterior oblique muscle syndrome is a kind of spasm and hypertrophy due to the oblique muscle, compressing the subclavian artery and lower brachial plexus nerves below the oblique muscle and then a series of symptoms, which can lead to arm numbness and distension symptoms.
3. Cerebral infarction: cerebral infarction is a kind of cerebrovascular disease, due to local vascular infarction ischemia and hypoxia, resulting in local necrosis of brain tissue, thus affecting the local neuron innervation of the limbs, so cerebral infarction can also lead to patients with numbness and distension of the arm symptoms.
In addition to the above diseases, other factors can also lead to the symptoms of arm numbness and swelling, it is recommended to consult a doctor in time to find out the cause and ask the doctor to deal with it.