My left hand suddenly went numb, what happened?

Occasional numbness in the left hand is a very common phenomenon. Most hand numbness is normal. If you have an incorrect sleeping posture or put pressure on your hand for a long time, it is easy to cause numbness in your hand. This kind of numbness generally does not require special treatment and will recover on its own after a while. However, numbness in the hand may also be caused by disease, such as cervical spondylosis, cerebral ischemia, periarthritis of the shoulder and other diseases. Therefore, you must go to the hospital as soon as possible to find out the cause.

Why does my left hand suddenly feel numb?

1. Blood circulation is blocked

Some people maintain a posture for a long time, which squeezes the blood vessels in the body, causing vascular circulation obstruction and numbness in the hands. This symptom is not serious and can be quickly relieved by walking around properly, so don't worry.

2. Lumbar disc herniation

As we age, some organs experience functional decline. If the spine also presents such problems, the articular processes will show hyperplasia or hypertrophy. Once the adjacent cervical nerve roots are compressed, the symptoms of spinal pain will become more obvious, and will be accompanied by numbness of the fingers, swelling and pain in the lower back injury, radiating pain in the upper limbs, etc.

3. Stroke

Stroke patients often experience hand tremors and numbness, which are more obvious during an attack.

In addition, stroke patients may also experience more severe symptoms such as headaches, dizziness, limb numbness, etc. If accompanied by abnormal changes such as increased blood sugar or blood pressure, they should go to the hospital in time to understand their physical health condition.

4. Blood vessel blockage

If blood vessels are blocked, it can easily lead to abnormal blood circulation, causing insufficient blood supply to the hands and symptoms of numbness in the hands. Especially in cold winter, when blood flows more slowly, the symptoms of numbness in the hands will be more obvious.

5. Menopausal syndrome

When entering menopause, there are often symptoms of numbness in the hands. The main reason is that people are getting older and their functions are gradually deteriorating, and some parts of their body are obviously experiencing mobility problems. Faced with such symptoms, you can go to the hospital for an orthopedic examination to see if you have osteoporosis.

6. Hand numbness may be caused by cervical spondylosis

Patients with cervical spondylosis often experience upper limb weakness, numbness in the limbs, muscle and bone pain, dizziness, nausea, etc., and sometimes also suffer from blurred vision, difficulty in movement and other symptoms.

When you face those symptoms, you can first go to the hospital for a check-up to see if there are any abnormal symptoms in your cervical spine, and then adopt an appropriate treatment plan. Generally, Chinese medicine or Western medicine can be combined to promote the disappearance of congestion in nerve roots and surrounding tissues and reduce the damage caused by spinal diseases.

The above content introduces the diseases that can cause numbness in the hands. I hope everyone will pay more attention to these symptoms in daily life. Once numbness in your hands occurs, you can go to the hospital for examination in time to see which of the above diseases is causing it, and then receive symptomatic treatment.