[Edit this paragraph] Etiology★ Causes of numbness of hands and feet:
1, diabetics will have numbness in their hands and feet. As long as numbness, soreness and swelling often occur in any part of the body, it is necessary to check blood sugar in time.
2. numbness caused by drugs or chemicals. If you have a cold or diarrhea, taking berberine or furazolidone will cause numbness in your hands and feet; Staying in an environment containing hydrogen, arsenic and carbon disulfide for a long time can also cause numbness in hands and feet.
3, numbness caused by neuritis. The most common symptoms of neuritis are numbness of hands and feet, muscular atrophy and weakness of limbs. If you have diarrhea or catch a cold for half a month, it will cause neuritis.
4. The limbs are scattered and numb. Numbness of limbs does not occur at the same time, but is scattered. This situation is that local nerves are stimulated, such as stroke coma after drunkenness, nerve stimulation of the head, nerve stimulation of the hands of the elderly with crutches, numbness of the upper limbs caused by cervical spondylosis, and numbness of the legs caused by waist and shoulder nerve stimulation. [2]
5, upper limb nerve compression: First, the thumb, food, middle finger numbness and pain, often wake up at night, after waking up, the activity can be improved. Severe cases may be accompanied by hand muscle atrophy, which affects fine hand movements. This is because the median nerve is compressed in the wrist, which is called carpal tunnel syndrome. Second, the numbness and pain of the ring and the little finger may also have a history of waking up at night. Severe cases are accompanied by muscle atrophy, and the flexion of the ring and little finger is reduced, which affects the fine use. This is because the nerve is compressed at the elbow, which is called "cubital tunnel syndrome".
6, cervical spondylosis: The most common disease causing hand numbness is cervical spondylosis, which is one of the diseases that are prone to middle-aged and elderly people. When people enter middle age, some organs tend to degenerate. When cervical intervertebral disc degenerates, it often leads to cervical intervertebral disc protrusion or articular process hyperplasia or hypertrophy. Once these protruding cervical intervertebral discs or hyperplastic articular processes compress the adjacent cervical nerve roots, cervical spondylosis will occur. In addition to numbness of fingers and abnormal sensation, cervical spondylosis is accompanied by other symptoms, such as neck and shoulder pain, radiation pain of upper limbs or dyskinesia. It is not difficult to diagnose cervical spondylosis. Just take an X-ray. In addition, there is a simple method to check cervical spondylosis. One person holds the head of the affected side, one hand holds the upper limb of the affected side, abduction is 90 degrees, and both hands push and pull in the opposite direction at the same time. Those with radiation pain or numbness can be initially diagnosed as cervical spondylosis.
7. Stroke: Another common disease that causes hand numbness is stroke. "Health Treasure in the Air Door" once said: "Anyone who feels that his thumb and second finger are insensitive or not used for the first time will have a stroke within three years." Precautions must be taken: live carefully, eat frugally, stay away from home and be broad-minded. Although finger numbness does not necessarily lead to stroke, for middle-aged people over 40 years old, if they often have symptoms such as headache, dizziness, top-heaviness, numbness of limbs and swelling of tongue, and patients usually suffer from diseases such as hypertension, hyperlipidemia, diabetes and cerebral arteriosclerosis. They should pay more attention to and be alert to the occurrence of stroke.
8. "Menopause" syndrome: Women who enter menopause sometimes have numbness in their hands, but it is not obvious. With the end of menopause, hand numbness will disappear. [1] [Edit this paragraph] The prognosis of numbness of hands and feet cannot be treated symptomatically, and the cause should be treated. No matter what causes numbness in hands and feet, you should first go to the hospital neurology department to check whether there is nerve damage and what kind of stimulation you have received. If it is a neurological problem, electromyography is needed to further confirm the degree, scope and nature of nerve injury. If the numbness of hands and feet is caused by other reasons, it will be transferred to other relevant departments for treatment. The numbness of hands and feet caused by nerve injury should be treated with drugs or surgery according to the degree, scope and nature of nerve injury. Drug therapy is usually combined with acupuncture and physical therapy to promote its rapid recovery. Surgical treatment is to open the compressed nerve by surgery to relieve the oppression and stimulation of the nerve. The degree of cure of the disease mainly depends on the etiology and nature of neuropathy. If it is peripheral nerve injury (except brain and spinal cord), it usually takes a long time to recover. [3][ Edit this paragraph] Chinese medicine believes that people have secular desires. Among them, seven emotions refer to: joy, anger, sadness, thinking, sadness, fear and surprise. And several key points are: happiness and sadness, sadness and anger hurt the liver, thinking hurts the spleen, sadness hurts the lung, and shock and fear hurt the kidney. If these events are too strong, they will all harm your health. Crying for a long time will "shock" the liver and lungs. Because the liver governs blood, anger injures the liver, the blood bank fluctuates, the blood vessels are disordered, and the lung governs qi. When they are "injured", their blood circulation will be blocked, and their respiratory system will temporarily "fail", resulting in numbness and weakness in their hands and feet, uncontrollable convulsions in their faces, dizziness, chest tightness and breathlessness. This is the mechanism of the internal organs of the body, not the nerve. The solution to the problem is to control your emotions. Don't cry and be sad. If you cry, drink more water or sleep for a while to relieve yourself. [4][ Edit this paragraph] Prevention methods to prevent office workers and computer workers from being numb.
Neck and shoulder movements
1, put your fingers behind your head, put your body weight on your hands and arms, press your head down, straighten your neck, and take five deep breaths.
2. Put your right hand on your left ear, gently hook it, tilt your head to the right, take a deep breath for 5 times, and change your left hand after repeating several times.
3, slowly turn the neck, clockwise and counterclockwise 5 times each.
4. Lift your shoulders, exhale and let go, and repeat for 4~5 times.
5. Shake your shoulders, 5 times backward and 5 times forward.
6. Look at the bottom with your face to the right, repeat 3~5 times, and then reverse.
7. Relax your sitting posture, put your arms vertically on your knees, and then hold your head up and hold your chest high. The two move alternately for 3~5 times. Move your feet, bend your legs and lift them parallel to your chest. Lift it up and put it down five times, which will make you feel comfortable. Turn your ankle clockwise and counterclockwise 10 times. Put your toes together and bend up and down alternately for 5 times. Put your feet flat on the ground and change your feet. Repeat the exercise 20~30 times.
Hand and facial movements
1. Press the top of your head with your fingertips and move up and down. (pat)
2. Gently massage from the temple to the chin with your fingertips.
3. Hold the upper eyelid with your index finger and thumb, pull it outward and repeat.
4. Massage your eyes along your cheekbones. Massage from nostril to chin and back to the original point. Massage your chin. The mandible rotates left and right 5 times. Hold the tip of your nose with your palm and do circular motion five times in each direction. Hold the ear bone and pull it up, down and out for 3 times, then rotate it forward and backward for 3 times.
Aerobics 13 trick
1. Cover your ears with your hands and flick your head with your fingers 10~20 times to promote blood circulation in your brain.
2. Pull the ear, pass the right hand through the back of the head, and pull down the left earlobe; Then, put your left hand through the back of your head and pull down the right earlobe, doing 10~20 times each time.
3, eye training, eyes overlooking the scenery outside the window, eyes blinking down hard, can alleviate the fatigue of the eye lens.
4. "Turn the neck": Turn the neck Zuo Zuo, left and right, back and forth, clockwise, and then counterclockwise to relax the tension of the neck.
5, the most painful point around the shoulder, you can use the method of pressing, which can relieve the pain.
6, "rubbing your face", rubbing your face after your hands are hot and making your face hot can play a role in promoting blood circulation.
7, "stretching", repeated several times.
8. Raise your arms over your head and hold the wall down to stretch and pull the tired muscles.
9, "rubbing the stomach", the palm rotates clockwise, and then moves counterclockwise to help digestion.
10, "Abdominal deep breathing", we usually use chest breathing, we can use abdominal deep breathing, one is to relax.
1 1, "lifting anus", the contraction and relaxation of anus can prevent diseases such as hemorrhoids.
12, take a walk.
13, don't take the elevator, climb the stairs, simple and practical exercise in the office. [6][ Edit this paragraph] Note ★ The more severe numbness in hands and feet, it may be a precursor to stroke.
★ If numbness of hands and feet is accompanied by backache, leg pain, leg cramps and other discomforts, it is actually a signal of calcium deficiency in the body. You can drink some milk and do more exercise, which can be solved.
★ If numbness of hands and feet is accompanied by: sweating, dizziness, weakness of limbs, nosebleeds and other discomforts, it may be caused by anemia, and you need to go to the hospital for blood routine.
★ In addition: If there are three highs: hypertension, hyperlipidemia and hyperglycemia, it will easily lead to poor peripheral blood circulation and numbness of hands and feet.
★ Numbness of hands and feet can also be caused by deficiency of qi and blood, both of which are blood deficiency. Because yang is weak, it leads to blood deficiency, but yang can't promote blood circulation and blood can't reach the vascular endings. Hands and feet are limbs of human body, so blood deficiency can cause numbness. Pay attention to maintenance at ordinary times, and eat less cold food for yang deficiency. [7]