What are the symptoms of numbness in women's hands and feet?

The elderly often experience limb numbness, sometimes continuously, and in many cases it may be persistent numbness with unclear cause. According to a survey, 200 million people in the world suffer from symptomatic numbness, and the incidence rate is increasing at 10% every year. Numbness in different locations indicates different symptoms. What are the common symptoms of this kind of numbness?

Three major causes of limb numbness in the elderly

Malnutrition: Long-term gastrointestinal obstruction and reduced food intake will cause the body to lack sufficient protein and vitamins. In particular, a lack of B vitamins can lead to nutritional and metabolic disorders, decreased nerve conduction velocity, peripheral neuritis and nerve root damage, and limb numbness.

Aortic atherosclerosis: Cerebral arteriosclerosis can slow down the rate of nerve conduction, reduce blood supply and CO2 supply to the brain, and also cause dysfunction of the central nervous system. Especially central cerebral ischemia and oxygen deficiency erectile dysfunction may cause relative limb numbness. This type of numbness usually has one characteristic.

Side effects of therapeutic drugs: If the elderly suffer from multiple diseases, they must take multiple therapeutic drugs at the same time. Some chemotherapy drugs may stimulate peripheral nerves and cause numbness in the limbs. This type of numbness usually starts from the hands and feet, then slowly spreads upwards, often accompanied by a feeling of skin irritation or abnormal sensation. Therefore, the dosage of therapeutic drugs should be strictly controlled.

Elderly people are warned about 7 types of numbness

Numbness on one side: cerebral infarction

Finger numbness occurs on one side of the body while the other side is completely normal, and is accompanied by symptoms such as headache, dizziness, dark or blurred vision, nosebleeds, and poor coordination, which may be a sign of stroke and you should be alert to the occurrence of cerebral infarction.

Reminder: It is generally more common in middle-aged and elderly people with three highs, atrial fibrillation, arteriosclerosis, and plaque formation. Numbness of the limbs caused by cerebral infarction is generally acute, and this type of situation must be treated urgently.

Symmetrical tingling: Diabetes

When symmetrical numbness occurs on the body and there are sensations such as tingling, fever, and electric shock, this type of numbness is often related to diabetes. Diabetes itself can cause degeneration of the abducens nerve, thus causing symmetrical numbness, which is more common in the lower limbs.

Reminder: Diabetes is a long-term disease, and the prevalence rate is higher in middle-aged, elderly and obese people. You need to pay attention to your daily diet and regular physical examinations, and persist in treatment.

Numbness and pain: Tumor

If you experience long-term chronic limb numbness accompanied by pain that does not go away, you should pay attention to whether there is a malignant tumor in your body. The tumor is mostly a small space-occupying protrusion, which can cause compression of the corresponding nerve tissue, and immediately cause symptoms such as limb numbness and instability.

Reminder: For those who have not found the cause, a comprehensive examination must be done to find out the cause of the disease, such as liver, stomach, blood, etc. Women need to check the uterus, ovaries and breasts in particular.

Numbness in one hand: Cervical spondylosis

Frequent numbness in one hand is likely caused by cervical spondylosis. The key is that long-term muscle strain in the cervical vertebrae, bone hyperplasia, lumbar disc herniation, etc., lead to stress on the cervical spinal nerve roots or vertebral arteries. The clinical syndrome of a series of functional problems will immediately cause numbness in one hand.