Numbness of fingers during sleep may be caused by mechanical compression, carpal tunnel syndrome, diabetes mellitus, you can hang up orthopedics, endocrinology, etc. for examination.
1. Mechanical compression: the patient sleeps at night in an improper sleeping position, compression of the arm or palm, resulting in nerve or blood vessel compression, which will cause numbness of the fingers. This condition can usually be relieved after moving the arm and fingers, and does not require medical treatment.
2. Carpal tunnel syndrome: Carpal tunnel syndrome is due to trauma, carpal tunnel lesions and other factors, resulting in median nerve compression in the wrist, the patient in addition to sleep numbness of the fingers, accompanied by pain, hand weakness and other symptoms. Carpal tunnel syndrome needs to hang up orthopedics.
3. Diabetes: diabetes has a long course, life if the blood sugar control is not good, there may be diabetic peripheral neuropathy, the typical symptoms are numbness and stiffness of the fingers at night, accompanied by abnormal pain and allergies and other manifestations. At this time, it is recommended to go to the endocrinology department, and actively control the blood sugar.
When the patient sleep finger numbness to rule out mechanical compression, should be timely consultation, under the guidance of a professional doctor, choose the targeted department of diagnosis and treatment.