Cervical nerve compression and tongue numbness?

Cervical spine compression of nerves will not cause tongue numbness, resulting in tongue numbness is mainly considered and intracranial disease related. When cervical spondylosis develops, due to nerve root compression, patients will experience neck pain, numbness and weakness of the affected upper limbs and other symptoms, which usually have no effect on tongue sensation. Intracranial disorders including cerebral hemorrhage, cerebral infarction, traumatic brain injury, and intracranial tumors lead to nerve root damage in the brain, which may cause symptoms of tongue numbness. The nerves that innervate sensation in the tongue include the facial, trigeminal, and mandibular nerves, and sensory disturbances in the tongue can occur when these nerve roots are damaged. When the symptoms of numbness in the tongue appear, you should go to the Neurology Clinic in the hospital, improve the cranial CT or MRI examination, to clarify the cause of the disease, and according to the specific cause of the symptomatic treatment.