Hand numbness knee numbness may be caused by physiological factors such as mechanical compression, but also to consider pathological factors such as diabetic peripheral neuropathy, osteoarthritis and other diseases.
1. Physiological factors: if the patient is sleeping in an inappropriate posture, long-term position, compression to the hands or knees caused by local blood circulation obstacles, long time to cause numbness of the hands and knees numbness, generally this situation is mostly transient, after a short break can be relieved.
2. Pathological factors:
(1) diabetic peripheral neuropathy: if high blood sugar on the human metabolism and the nervous system has an impact on the nerves, vascular lesions, resulting in numbness of the hands and knees.
(2) osteoarthritis: chronic strain, degeneration, rheumatic immune diseases and other causes of hand, knee and other joint lesions, osteophytes, bone spurs, etc. can be squeezed around the nerves, resulting in numbness of the hands and knees.
In short, the cause of hand numbness knee numbness of more reasons should be timely consultation, if the obvious symmetrical numbness to consider the sensory peripheral neuropathy, need to improve the relevant examination in a timely manner, according to the cause of the disease, in accordance with the doctor’s instructions for treatment.