The elderly hand numbness may be due to cervical spondylosis, diabetic peripheral neuropathy, cerebrovascular disease, etc., need to be targeted to take general treatment, drug therapy, surgical treatment. 1. Cervical spondylosis: mainly because of nerve compression caused by the usual avoid letting the elderly long-term head down, and to appropriate activities of the neck, you can also take the cervical spine massage, generally can relieve the compression, improve the hand numbness symptoms. 2. Diabetic peripheral neuropathy: most of them are caused by poor blood sugar control, need to follow the doctor’s instructions according to the condition of diabetes, take glucose-lowering drugs on time, such as glimepiride, gliclazide, etc., and some patients need to inject insulin, and with the nutritive nerve medication, such as methylcobalamin, vitamin B12. 3. Cerebrovascular disease: for example, cerebral infarction, generally need to take inhibitory platelet coagulation drugs, such as aspirin, pyrimethamine, some patients may need to take interventional therapy, such as intravascular stent implantation. Elderly hand numbness may also be caused by other reasons, should be timely to the hospital to identify the cause of targeted treatment.