Hand numbness in the elderly may be related to cervical spine disease, cerebral infarction, peripheral neuritis, etc., which can be treated by traction, medication and other methods.
1. Cervical spondylosis: If the elderly suffer from cervical spondylosis, especially nerve root cervical spondylosis, the local nerves will be compressed, causing hand numbness, generally can be treated by traction, taking methylcobalamin tablets nutritional nerve treatment.
2. Cerebral infarction: the elderly hand numbness may be related to cerebral infarction, due to ischemia and necrosis of the local brain tissue leading to local nerve damage, numbness in the innervated area of the limbs. Generally, it can be treated by using methylcobalamin tablets, aspirin, alteplase and so on.
3. Peripheral neuritis: the effect of drugs or poisoning, diabetes may cause peripheral neuritis, the symptoms of hand numbness, you can take vitamin B1, vitamin B12 treatment.
It is recommended that the elderly hand numbness should go to the hospital in a timely manner to improve the examination, identify the cause of the treatment under the guidance of the doctor.