What is the numbness of the hands? The frequent hand numbness needs to be alert! Numbness in the hands, many people must have encountered, we all think it is a normal phenomenon. It is not too much to pay attention to it, think that the hand after a while will not be numb. Although this is the case, but hand numbness is not careless, because the regular hand numbness may also conceal disease it! A, peripheral neuritis caused by hand numbness elderly people if long-term digestion and absorption function is poor, malnutrition, will cause vitamin B1 deficiency to peripheral neuritis, causing finger numbness. In the sleep if the posture is not correct, the neck is skewed arm pressure will also cause finger numbness. Second, transient ischemic attack caused by hand numbness Elderly people often suffer from hypertension, hyperlipidemia and other diseases. Hypertension can cause vascular spasm, high blood pressure can cause blood viscosity, coupled with slow blood flow at night, these factors can lead to transient cerebral ischemia and numbness of the fingers. Tips: Therefore, the elderly should regularly check blood pressure, blood lipids, blood rheological examination, such as hypertension or hyperlipidemia, to do antihypertensive, lipid treatment, and drink more water, but also under the guidance of doctors to apply nimodipine, salvia tablets, Vibramer, small doses of aspirin and other drugs to improve microcirculation, the phenomenon of numbness in the fingers will be eliminated. Third, cervical spondylosis caused by hand numbness Symptoms of cervical spondylosis manifest in a variety of ways, finger numbness is one of them, do cervical spine X-ray can help diagnose. Treatment of cervical spondylosis can be used in addition to physical therapy, traction and the application of some blood circulation drugs, you can usually do some slow activity of the neck health exercises; sleep pillow height to be appropriate, soft and hard also to moderate, sleeping posture to be correct, in order to avoid local blood vessels and nerve tissue pressure. Fourth, diabetes can also cause hand numbness Diabetes can produce a variety of complications, diabetic neuropathy is one of them, if peripheral neuropathy occurs, there will be numbness in the limbs and abnormal sensation and other symptoms. Once suffering from diabetes, it is necessary to carry out regular and reasonable treatment, to control blood sugar to the normal range, and pay attention to the supplementation of vitamin B1, vitamin B6, vitamin C, etc. V. Chronic alcoholism can cause hand numbness For some frequent drinkers, if the palm of the hand is numb, it indicates chronic alcoholism. Chronic alcoholism without timely intervention can lead to dysfunction of various systems of the body, and even irreversible pathological damage, such as chronic gastroenteritis and ulcers, alcoholic myocarditis, fatty liver or cirrhosis, central nervous system degeneration or brain atrophy. Sixth, stroke Another common disease that causes numbness in the hands is stroke. “Anyone who first feels numbness in the first finger, the second finger or do not use, within three years there is the disease of stroke.” It is necessary to prevent: careful living, diet, far from the house, broad emotions. Although numbness of the fingers does not necessarily lead to stroke, but for middle-aged people over 40 years of age, if they often have headaches, dizziness, heavy head and feet, numbness of the limbs, tongue swelling and other symptoms, and the patient usually has hypertension, hyperlipidemia, diabetes, cerebral arteriosclerosis and other diseases, should pay more attention to be alert to the occurrence of stroke.