Cell phone hold a long time hand numbness is mainly considered to be some physiological phenomena, but also does not exclude the manifestation of certain diseases, such as carpal tunnel syndrome, diabetes, etc., should be timely consultation to identify the cause of the disease.
1. Physiological factors: commonly in a position for a long time, or lying on the side of the compressed hand to play cell phones, resulting in poor local blood circulation caused by hand numbness; general activities after the hand numbness symptoms can be gradually reduced, no need to worry too much.
2. Pathological factors:
(1)Long-term use and operation of electronic equipment may cause carpal tunnel syndrome, a common peripheral nerve entrapment disease, mainly manifested as numbness or pain at the end of the thumb, finger, middle finger, the heaviest at night or early in the morning.
(2) Consider the use of cell phones itself has nothing to do with, such as diabetic patients with poor glycemic control, high blood sugar leads to metabolic disorders, which affects the function of the nervous system, if the distal sensory-motor nerves of the hands and feet involved, there will be numbness of the hands.
Hand numbness may also be caused by other factors, such as cervical spondylosis, but this symptom alone is not enough to diagnose the disease. It is recommended that if physiological causes are excluded, timely consultation should be made, so that the doctor can clarify the cause of the disease and give targeted treatment.