Elderly people get up in the morning hand will be numb may be physiological factors, may also be suffering from cervical spondylosis, carpal tunnel syndrome, cerebrovascular disease and other pathological factors.
1. Physiological factors: the old man sleeps in a bad position, the hand nerve is compressed, resulting in poor blood circulation, thus appearing after waking up hand numbness symptoms.
2. Pathological factors:
(1) cervical spondylosis: cervical disc herniation is easy to compress the nerve root, sleeping if the posture is not appropriate, or the pillow is too high and inappropriate, just press the nerve root can also cause hand numbness.
(2) Carpal tunnel syndrome: manifested as numbness or pain in the three fingers on the radial side, weakness in holding objects, especially in the middle finger, the worst symptoms at night or in the early morning, and can be alleviated by shaking the wrist appropriately, and therefore hand numbness symptoms can occur in the morning.
(3) cerebrovascular disease: cerebrovascular disease can lead to numbness of the limbs, and can occur at night, usually because of atherosclerosis. Therefore, there can be hand numbness symptoms in the morning.
The old man will get up in the morning hand numbness may also be caused by other reasons, in the exclusion of physiological factors, to go to the hospital in a timely manner to consult a professional doctor to clarify the cause of the disease, to carry out the appropriate treatment.