Half of my body feels numb when I sleep

Often when we sleep, we like to sleep with our arms as pillows, and when we wake up we will find that our whole arms are numb. This is the feeling I had when I took a nap at noon, but it was fine after a while and I didn’t take it seriously at all. However, when it comes to hemiplegia while sleeping, this problem is a bit more serious for the arm. Next, let’s analyze with everyone what causes hemiplegia when sleeping, and how should we adjust our sleeping position in the future?

1. Causes of numbness on one side of the body when sleeping

1. Numbness on one side of the body may be caused by insufficient Qi and blood, or obstruction of the meridians by wind, phlegm and dampness, Qi stagnation and blood stasis. The main cause is the loss of nutrients in the meridians. It is particularly likely to cause high blood pressure, stroke, cervical spondylosis, lumbar thoracic spondylosis, cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, etc.

2. People with diabetes will experience numbness in their hands and feet. If any part of the body is often numb, sore, or swollen, you should check your blood sugar in time, especially the elderly.

It is numbness caused by drugs or chemicals. For example, when you have a cold or diarrhea, taking berberine or furazolidone can cause numbness in your hands and feet.

3. If you stay in an environment containing hydrogen, arsenic, carbon disulfide, etc. for a long time, you will also experience numbness in your hands and feet.

4. Numbness in the limbs is scattered. The limbs do not become numb at the same time, but are scattered. This is because the local nerves are stimulated, such as a stroke after being drunk, coma causing stimulation to the head nerves, stimulation to the hand nerves by crutches in the elderly, upper limb numbness caused by cervical spondylosis, leg numbness caused by stimulation to the lumbar shoulder nerves, etc. Numbness in the hands and feet can also be caused by insufficient qi and blood, that is, blood deficiency. Because the yang qi is weak, it causes blood deficiency, and the yang qi is unable to circulate blood, so the blood cannot reach the end of the blood vessels. The hands and feet are the extremities of the human body, so blood deficiency will cause numbness. Pay attention to maintenance at ordinary times, and eat less cold food if you have yang deficiency.

5. Conditions like "three highs", arteriosclerosis, etc. can cause this condition, the main manifestation of which is weakness and inflexibility of the contralateral limbs. The tongue or face feels like pins and needles, numbness of the side limbs, hemianopsia, etc. The treatment must first treat the primary disease, and actively use antiplatelet aggregation

2. Things to pay attention to when sleeping

When sleeping, you should choose a pillow that meets your physiological requirements. When lying on your back, the pillow can maintain the curvature of your neck. The edge of the pillow should remain curved and not sloped. The height of the pillow should be consistent with your individual shoulder width. When lying on your back, the pillow should be about one fist high, and when lying on your side, the pillow should be one fist plus two fingers high. The correct sleeping position is to lie on your back mainly, with lying on the left or right side as auxiliary. Make sure that the pillow maintains the physiological curvature of the neck when lying on your back, so that the chest can keep breathing smoothly and the muscles of the whole body can relax better. This can reduce the chance of stiff neck and help you sleep better.