Numbness of the hands and feet may be some physiological phenomenon, may also be the manifestation of certain diseases, such as diabetes, cerebrovascular disease, etc., should be timely consultation to identify the cause.
1. Physiological factors: due to a long time in the same position, or a long time pressure to the hands and feet, may cause transient numbness of the hands and feet.
2. Pathologic factors:
1)Peripheral neuropathy caused by diabetes, mainly manifested as symmetrical pain and numbness at the ends of bilateral limbs, hyperalgesia, less sweaty, dry and thickened skin, muscle weakness and myasthenia.
2) Cerebrovascular diseases such as cerebral arteriosclerosis, cerebral infarction, etc., resulting in cerebral nerve damage induced cerebral dysfunction, which can cause numbness of the hands and feet, and may also be accompanied by unfavorable speech, swallowing difficulties and other manifestations.
This symptom alone is not enough to diagnose the disease, there may be other factors, such as the body of vitamin B serious deficiency may also cause numbness of the limbs. If you exclude physiological reasons, you should consult a doctor in time, ask the professional doctor to clarify the cause of the disease, and give targeted treatment.