Patients sleeping in the middle of the night found numbness, swelling of the fingers, to consider the following aspects of the cause: 1, to consider is the nerve root type cervical spondylosis caused by this type of cervical spondylosis is more common, because the nerve root is the peripheral meridian and the spinal cord connected parts, patients if there is a cervical disc protrusion, cervical spine physiological curvature of the changes in the patient in the night time sleep posture is not appropriate or pillow is not suitable If the patient has a herniated cervical disc, changes in the physiological curvature of the cervical spine, when the patient sleeps at night in an improper position or with an inappropriate pillow, it is easy to lead to the patient’s nerve root is compressed, which will cause the patient’s finger numbness and swelling symptoms; 2, the patient’s finger numbness and swelling in the middle of the night, we should also consider that it is a peripheral nerve disease, such as diabetes caused by peripheral nerve damage, or contact with some chemical substances, and also may be associated with the patient’s long-term consumption of alcohol leading to damage to the peripheral nerve.