Elderly people sleeping hand numbness, may be related to arm pressure for a long time, may also be due to cervical spondylosis, cerebrovascular disease and other reasons.
1. arm pressure for a long time: the elderly in bed, if the arm is caused by prolonged pressure, resulting in poor blood circulation in the arm of the pressure side, will cause numbness in bed, through appropriate activities, in favor of numbness will soon disappear, without special intervention.
2. Cervical spondylosis: common in the presence of cervical spondylosis history of the elderly, due to the pillow is not suitable or long time sleeping posture, easy to lead to local nerve root compression, resulting in compression of the nerve dysfunction, will cause hand numbness in the sleep, may also be accompanied by numbness of the upper limbs, weakness, neck and shoulder discomfort and other symptoms.
3. cerebrovascular disease: common in the presence of cerebral atherosclerosis in the elderly, due to the thickening of blood vessel walls, narrowing of the vascular lumen, resulting in insufficient cerebral blood supply or cerebral infarction, resulting in numbness symptoms, and cerebrovascular disease can also be in the sleep onset, and therefore can appear in the sleep hand numbness symptoms.
The elderly sleep hand numbness, may also be caused by other reasons, if the symptoms continue to be unable to alleviate, should be as early as possible to consult a doctor, a clear diagnosis and corresponding treatment.