Numbness

Overview

Numbness is usually caused by damage, irritation or compression of one of the nerves or a branch of one of the nerves in your arm and wrist. Diseases affecting the peripheral nerves, such as diabetes, also can cause numbness, although with diabetes similar symptoms usually occur first in your feet.

Causes

In an early symptom of stroke, you might feel sudden numbness in the arm, leg, or face, especially on one side of the body.
A loss of sensation in parts of body or partial paralysis in the arms or legs due to the inflammation in the brain and spinal cord may appear in some severe cases.
Facial numbness and weakness may caused by tumors in and close to the cranial nerves. Numbness usually occurs in both arms and legs may cause by tumors impacting the spinal cord.
Numbness and tingling may caused by back and neck injuries which compress or damage the nerve.
It can also caused by magnesium deficiency because magnesium helps to regulate many systems in the body, including proper nerve function.

Treatment & Prevention

Maintain a balanced diet
Getting enough vitamin D
Doing low impact exercises and stretching regularly
Adjust your sleeping schedule to make it regular
Try to limit or avoid the intake of alcohol and smoking

When to see a chiropractor

When numbness or tingling still occurs after quite some time
When you feel fatigue without any specific cause
When you experience vision problems
When you experience muscle weakness and cramps
When the numbness comes along with pain

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