Numbness of the hands may be caused by normal physiological reasons, but also may be caused by cervical spondylosis, carpal tunnel syndrome, etc., according to the cause of the symptoms should be relieved through general treatment, medication and so on.
1. Physiological reasons: for example, when the patient maintains an incorrect sleeping position for a long time, it will make the local blood circulation not smooth, resulting in the phenomenon of hand numbness, the patient can pay attention to rest and avoid maintaining a position for a long time to relieve.
2. Cervical spondylosis: a series of symptoms and signs occurring due to cervical disc degeneration and its secondary changes, irritation or compression of the adjacent spinal cord, nerves, blood vessels and other tissues. Patients may experience numbness of the hands.
It can be improved by non-surgical treatments including cervical traction, neck braking, neck physiotherapy, improving poor working and sleeping positions, and adjusting the height of pillows. Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory painkillers, muscle relaxants and neurotrophic drugs are often used in conjunction. If the indications for surgery are met, surgical treatment can be used, and commonly used surgical methods include anterior cervical decompression and fusion, posterior decompression and so on.
3. Carpal Tunnel Syndrome: Carpal Tunnel Syndrome is a kind of disease caused by the compression of the median nerve in the carpal tunnel, and the patients will have the symptom of hand numbness, which can be relieved by paying attention to the rest and reducing the activities of the wrist joints, and the anti-inflammatory and pain-relieving ointment and nutritive nerve medication can be used according to the doctor’s instructions for the treatment if necessary.
It is recommended that when the patient’s hand numbness, excluding normal physiological reasons, should go to the hospital, clear cause, under the guidance of the doctor for treatment.