Frequent numbness of hands and feet may be caused by physiological factors, cervical spondylosis, diabetic peripheral neuropathy, transient ischemic attack and other reasons.
1. Physiological factors: for example, frequent improper sleeping posture, resulting in frequent pressure on the arms and legs, resulting in poor local blood circulation, may cause frequent numbness of the hands and feet.
2. Cervical spondylosis: commonly seen in vertebral artery type cervical spondylosis, easy to compress the local nerve roots, may cause frequent numbness of the hands and feet, mostly considered to be caused by the patient’s long-term posture is not appropriate, but also may be accompanied by the neck and shoulder soreness, pain and other symptoms.
3. Diabetic peripheral neuropathy: Because of the damage to the peripheral nerves of patients with this disease, resulting in nerve fiber conduction dysfunction, which may cause frequent numbness of the hands and feet, and may also be accompanied by sensory abnormalities in the limbs, hyperalgesia and other manifestations.
4. Transient ischemic attack: usually caused by atherosclerosis, hypertension and other factors, due to transient ischemia of the local brain tissue, resulting in cerebral dysfunction, which may cause frequent numbness of the hands and feet, and may also be accompanied by dizziness, headache and other symptoms.
Hands and feet often numb, exclude physiological factors, should pay attention to, as soon as possible to the regular hospital for medical treatment.