Lying down hand numb up hand not numb may be physiological, such as lying down pressure to the arm resulting in transient numbness, usually can be relieved on their own; may also be cervical spondylosis, diabetes and other diseases caused by the need for active treatment of the original disease, the symptom can only be relieved.
1. Physiological factors: lying hand numb up hand numbness may be lying down to sleep with poor posture, compression to the hand, resulting in local blood circulation is not smooth, thus appearing transient hand numbness. This situation generally does not require special treatment, by changing the bad sleeping posture, to avoid re-pressure to the hand can be relieved.
2. Pathological factors
(1) cervical spondylosis: due to the degenerative cervical spondylosis, caused by cervical spine hyperplasia, resulting in compression of the local nerve roots when lying down, lying down and hand numbness, stand up and hand numbness does not occur. Generally through the oral administration of etoperisone, chlorzoxazone and other muscle relaxation drugs, lying down hand numbness, standing up hand numbness can be relieved.
(2) Carpal Tunnel Syndrome: the median nerve in the wrist area is compressed, leading to the emergence of hand numbness, especially in the middle finger, and it is more obvious at night or early in the morning. Patients can be treated with methylcobalamin, vitamin B and so on. If necessary, surgery can be used such as carpal tunnel release decompression surgery.
Patients lying on the hand numbness symptoms, if exclude physiological factors, should be timely consultation to identify the cause, and active treatment.