What causes numbness and stiffness in the hands and feet?

The most common cause of numbness in the hands and feet is peripheral neuritis, and the cause of peripheral neuritis is diabetes in the first place. Other causes include alcoholism caused by long-term drinking, which can also damage peripheral nerves and cause numbness. There are also B vitamin deficiencies, the use of certain chemotherapy drugs, etc., and this numbness is generally chronic, persistent, and difficult to relieve.

If it is an acute short-term numbness of the hands and feet, and it will gradually worsen, accompanied by a sense of weakness, it is necessary to be highly vigilant for the possibility of Guillain-Barré syndrome, which is an acute peripheral nerve disease that needs to be rushed to the hospital**, otherwise it may cause paralysis of the limbs, or weakness of the respiratory muscles, resulting in dyspnea and life-threatening. There is also a situation that also requires timely medical treatment**, that is, unilateral numbness of the hands and feet, accompanied by weakness, and it is necessary to be highly vigilant whether it is caused by cerebrovascular disease. Therefore, in the case of numbness in the hands and feet, it is necessary to determine what is causing it based on the medical history, the onset of the disease, the characteristics of the onset, and the accompanying symptoms.

Stiffness and numbness in the hands and feet is a paresthesia abnormality. If there is bilateral numbness in the hands and feet, it may be a compromise of peripheral nerves, such as Grey Paris syndrome, peripheral neuritis, and peripheral neuropathy.

It is caused by the nervous system.

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Limb stiffness and mobility disorders are common in rheumatism, and patients often feel stiffness and pain in the joints, limbs, waist and other affected parts when they get up in the morning, start to move, or change to another posture after being in one posture for a long time.

TCM diagnosis of limb stiffness:

1. Symptoms of rheumatic fever paralysis.

Muscles, muscles, bones and joints pain, local redness, swelling, burning, or even unreachable pain, cold and slightly comfortable, or accompanied by fever, bad wind, thirst, boredom and other systemic manifestations, red tongue, yellow or greasy tongue.

2. Symptoms of wind, cold, dampness, and paralysis.

Muscles, muscles, bones and joints are painful and swollen, limbs are numb, stretching is not good, the wind is chilly, the heat pain is reduced, and the pain is increased in case of cold. The tongue coating is thin or white. Wind, cold, and dampness are divided into paralysis, pain paralysis and paralysis.

3. Traditional Chinese medicine ** rheumatism follows the principle of syndrome differentiation and treatment.

The first thing to do is to distinguish between the virtual and the real, the cold and the hot. If the disease is true, the main symptoms are swelling, pain, and numbness of the limbs and joints, and there is no manifestation of weakness of righteous qi. The disease is deficient, accompanied by qi and blood damage, and viscera deficiency syndrome.

Clinical**Rheumatism is usually divided into two types: wind-cold-dampness and rheumatic fever paralysis according to the nature of the disease syndrome.

4. Other syndrome types.

1. Patients with wind, cold and dampness have both qi and blood deficiency, and can see yellowish complexion, fatigue and shortness of breath, self-sweating, palpitations, and lack of food and loose stools.

2. The patient's muscles, muscles, bones and joints are swollen and painful, afraid of cold and heat, and the joints like warmth and cold, mostly due to cold and heat, congestion and obstruction.

3. The patient's muscles, muscles, bones and joints are swollen and painful, and there is no local heat and heat and abnormal skin color, nor there are systemic symptoms such as warmth or cold intolerance, which is mostly due to rheumatism.

The illness you are talking about is considered to be a TCM paralysis combined with blood stasis. It is recommended that you find a Chinese medicine practitioner to prescribe decoction and acupuncture**.

Possible causes of swelling and numbness in the hands and feet include:

1. It may be peripheral neuritis, which is commonly caused by patients who often come into contact with some chemicals or often get cold, or it may be nerve paresthesia caused by peripheral nerve damage caused by diabetes.

2. It may be a patient with autonomic nervous disorder or a patient with hysteria, which is common in women around 50 years old, and there are more menopausal women. In addition to numbness and swelling of the hands and feet, symptoms such as insomnia, dreaminess, sweating, and heart palpitations may occur.

3. It may be that cervical spondylosis combined with lumbar spondylosis causes degenerative changes in the cervical spine and lumbar spine, such as intervertebral disc herniation, bone hyperplasia, or facet joint dislocation, which compresses the nerve roots, which will lead to numbness, fatigue, swelling and other symptoms of paresthesia in the nerves of the hands and feet.

1. Malnutrition causes numbness in the left leg: If the body is malnourished, it will lead to poor blood circulation, and poor blood circulation is the main reason for leg numbness. If vitamin B deficiency occurs, it can cause loss of appetite, neuritis, and even heart disease.

When peripheral neuritis is caused, symptoms of numbness in the hands and feet occur.

2. Leg numbness caused by lumbar disc herniation: when the lumbar intervertebral disc is herniated, it will compress local nerves and blood vessels, resulting in numbness in the legs. In addition, lumbar spinal stenosis and sciatic nerve compression can also cause numbness in the lower limbs, which are nerve dysfunctions in the lower limbs, and patients may also have pain and weakness in the lower limbs.

3. Cerebrovascular diseases: Cerebrovascular diseases are common in middle-aged and elderly people, because after people get older, various body functions are aging, arterial arteriosclerosis leads to weakening of arterial wall elasticity, and the slowdown of blood flow slows down to increase ischemic and hemorrhagic cerebrovascular diseases, which increases the probability of numbness in the left leg. In addition, there will be symptoms such as headache and dizziness, which should be taken seriously.

4. Caused by indigestion: Numbness in the left leg caused by indigestion is also common in the elderly, and indigestion will cause malnutrition, which in turn will lead to gastrointestinal diseases, decline in the function of various organs of the body, and may cause numbness in the feet and legs.

5. Neuritis caused by diabetes: not only the neuropathy around diabetes can cause numbness in the left leg, but also the lesions of the nerves around neuritis can also cause numbness in the legs. Damage to the nerve roots in the left leg can also cause numbness in the left leg.

In summary, numbness in the left leg is relatively common, and it is normal to occur occasionally, so there is no need to panic too much. However, once you feel that there is an abnormality in your body and the frequency of leg numbness increases, you should pay attention to it, it is likely that you have a lumbar disc herniation, and the nerves around sciatic are compressed, which affects the normal conduction of nerves. Patients should seek medical attention promptly and follow their doctor's instructions**.

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