Numbness of the arm may be transient ischemic attack, or cerebral hemorrhage or cerebral infarction, and can also be caused by cervical spondylosis.
1. Transient ischemic attack is a kind of acute ischemic cerebrovascular disease, usually the patient’s symptom lasts no more than 24 hours, most of them will last 10~15 minutes, and it can be numbness of one side of the arm, and it may also be motor dysfunction of one side of the limbs, and dizziness and balance disorders can also occur, and so on. Cerebral infarction is easy to occur when there are frequent attacks, and should be treated in time.
2. Cerebral hemorrhage and cerebral infarction belong to acute cerebrovascular disease, acute onset, there can be unilateral arm or leg numbness, there may be unilateral limb weakness, there may be dizziness and balance disorders and ataxia, if cerebral hemorrhage, there may be a headache, nausea and vomiting, and generally the symptoms are persistent.
3. Cervical spondylosis includes cervical curvature straightening, cervical disc herniation and cervical spondylolisthesis, if the nerve is compressed, there may be numbness of one side of the arm, or bilateral numbness of the arm and so on, cervical spine MRI can be a clear diagnosis.
It is recommended that the patient should consult the doctor in time, after clarifying the cause, treatment should be carried out under the guidance of the doctor.