What to do when the little finger grows dumb?

The situation when the little finger, arm or leg suddenly becomes numb, is familiar to many: fell asleep in an unsuccessful pose and woke up in the morning with a pain in his hand. Most people who suffer from numbness, everything goes without a trace, but the cases are different, it is important not to miss a symptom of a more serious disease.

Of course, we should not overly dramatize the situation, but we must examine and find the reason why the pinky must be numb. Numbness of fingers or scientific carpal tunnel syndrome was rare until 1980. Such a diagnosis began to be posed since the 90s, when the general computer boom began. Every year the number of people who use computers multiplies many times. And the daily sitting behind the computer keyboard is the main cause of the risk and development of carpal tunnel syndrome. Even in the risk group of this disease are those people who perform day-to-day movements of the same type with their hands. For example, seamstresses, painters, carpenters.

Carpal tunnel syndrome can occur after a certain tension, tendon swelling occurs, resulting in pressure on the nerve, which is responsible for the sensitivity of your palm, index, middle finger, or ring finger. Tendons and nerve pass through one, very narrow canal. Even a small swelling of the tendon, squeezing the nerve, leads either to the numbness of the finger or other finger, or to the tingling and numbness of all fingers, and sometimes to the strong pulsating pain localized in the palm. It is interesting that the pain and other symptoms of this syndrome usually appear at night or in the morning.

If you do not consult a doctor in a timely manner and do not undergo a course of treatment, this can cause the muscle that controls the movement of a finger to simply wither away. As a result, a person will not be able to bend a ring finger or can not squeeze a hand into a fist. Because of this, a huge number of people have to change their favorite profession. Carpal tunnel syndrome is more susceptible to women, according to statistics. Until now, people suffering from this disease after 40 years, today there are appeals of young people after 30 years.

Recently I read on the Internet that a young girl at the age of 25 complains that the little finger and the ring finger of her left arm grow dumb. This is a very alarming signal, as it means problems in the work of the heart and even the approach of a stroke. Therefore, it is impossible to delay a visit to a doctor in this case.

It happens that the thumb goes numb on the left hand. What can we talk about? With numbness of the middle, large or index finger of the left hand, accompanied by both weakness and pain from the outside of the hand, we are talking about the symptoms of cervical osteochondrosis. If the numbness is temporary, then this may be due to hand crushing when measuring pressure or with an uncomfortable position of hands relative to the body, as well as with tight clothing. If we remove the pressure factor, then numbness will immediately pass, and you need not worry.

If the numbness of the hands is regular, the doctors call it chronic numbness and recommend a checkup to find out the cause of the illness. Pain and numbness of the hands and fingers in cervical osteochondrosis appear as a result of squeezing the nerves of the cervical spine and blood vessels that supply the fingers, hands and hands. Such compression may be caused by the formation of intervertebral hernia, or changes in intervertebral discs and joints, or muscle spasms and proliferation of ligaments in cervical osteochondrosis.

What should I do if my little finger grows numb, ring finger or thumb? If numbness of the fingers is associated with osteochondrosis, following the following tips, you can largely help yourself. First and foremost - move more, swing your head from side to side, tilt up and down (but not backwards). Second - lower your shoulders down, perform self-massage of the neck and forearms. Third - do gymnastics for the cervical spine, which, the doctor will tell.