Why do I have pins and needles in my hands?

Symptoms

You’re over the age See your doctor for a

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of 50, going through where a diagnosis. Keeping the menopause and you combination of water your hand raised does help have pins and needles in retention and a tightening of so sleep with your arm on a the thumb and first three the band on the front of your couple of pillows at night. fingers of your hand, it’s wrist, which keeps your Water tablets can help too. worse at night and only tendons in place, compress If necessary very simple relieved by keeping the the sensory nerve supplying surgery can snip the band, arm raised. your hand. release the nerve and relieve symptoms.

See your doctor to

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The ulnar confirm the nerve passes through a diagnosis, for referral to a tunnel of muscles around rheumatologist for the shoulder joint and can assessment, possible get compressed by manipulation and possible powerful muscles. hydrocortisone injections. Weakness of your Osteoarthritis of the See your doctor for a

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whole arm, spinal bones in the neck scan and diagnosis. numbness and tingling in where bony outgrowths press You can have physiotherapy all your fingers and on the nerve roots to your for exercises to improve thumb. Pain going down arm and hand. your posture. your arm into your hand.

You’re fit and

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healthy, attend a gym for muscle-building exercises and you have tingling in the fourth and fifth fingers of your hand.

It could be Carpal tunnel syndrome Ulnar nerve 6 entrapment Stop it