Left Hand Going Numb


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ok, you have an ergonomic keyboard, so that can't be it.

Thats like saying you have cheap water proof boots so the wetness on your feet can't be that puddle you've been jumping in over and over it has to be sweat.

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once... once I slept on my left hand a-and in the the morning I woke up and it was all red and it stinged and then it got really painful ... but then I went to sleep with my left hand not underneath my body and ... it got back to normal...

and if it is the morning.. then why are u here... go to the doctor

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Well, I'm not a doctor, but my diagnosis would be Cubital Tunnel Syndrome. You probably have a pinched nerve in your left hand resulting from possibly hitting your elbow a few days/weeks earlier. It's also referred to as a Tardy Ulnar Neuritis. To stop it from getting worse, don't lean on your elbow, and don't keep your elbow bent more than 90 degrees, not even when you are sleeping.

Go get it checked out by a doctor if it doesn't start getting better.

SOURCE: http://www.carpaltunnels.com/cts/cubitaltunnel.html

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Such are early signs of carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) or one of its variants, would go see a family doctor to be safe.

I have had the same feeling of numbness down my right hand several times.

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It does sound like Carpal Tunnel Syndrome.

I lost feeling in both hands because I didn't get treated soon enough.

Get some good wrists braces that go from your forearm down to your hand (make sure they have metal braces in them) and wear them for a couple weeks.

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read up on carpal tunnel. Theres a massage you can do which helps but I forget what it was exactly. Either it was stroke down the arm towards the hand or small circular motions on the forarm. Are you right or left handed?

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Well, I'm not a doctor, but my diagnosis would be Cubital Tunnel Syndrome. You probably have a pinched nerve in your left hand resulting from possibly hitting your elbow a few days/weeks earlier. It's also referred to as a Tardy Ulnar Neuritis. To stop it from getting worse, don't lean on your elbow, and don't keep your elbow bent more than 90 degrees, not even when you are sleeping.

Go get it checked out by a doctor if it doesn't start getting better.

SOURCE: http://www.carpaltunnels.com/cts/cubitaltunnel.html

got my wrsit strapped up... can only type with one hand. my left arm is down by the side of me.

what you said seems to perfectly fit...

lucky me.

i will goto doctors in 2-3 days if i see no improvment.

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I have an almost similar condition where the underside of the right pinky finger and that part of the arm occasionally gets a tingling/numbing sensation. I've been using computers since 1992 and I am right handed. I've always figured it was the beginning stages of some sort of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome. My sister (who is an Occupational Therapist) told me to go buy some wrist braces to make it better.

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Go see a doctor. Could be anything from a pinched nerve, to carpal tunnel, to you being a super wuss. :p Jokes.

Just get it checked out so you have peace of mind at least.

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I had a very similar sensation a couple of years ago and like most people, the first thing that I thought of was the carpal tunnel thing. It didn't go away so I went to my doctor. He sent me for a nerve test where they shoot small zaps of electric current into your fingers and measure the results on some weird machine. Anyway, it turned out to be my ulnar nerve and I had to have a surgical procedure called "transposition of the ulnar nerve". I wore a cast for a few weeks but now my hand is perfect again. The surgeon told me that it's essentially nerves getting tangled up somehow, sometimes caused by the jolt in an auto accident, or maybe a fall. But if you leave it the numbness will only increase. You really should get it looked at soon, but be prepared to have a cast and some physiotherapy if you have the same problem I did. The doc also goes deep into your arm which will leave a scar, but it makes a good conversation piece down the road (you can lie to the girls and tell them you got into some knife fight or something :) Good luck!

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I had a very similar sensation a couple of years ago and like most people, the first thing that I thought of was the carpal tunnel thing. It didn't go away so I went to my doctor. He sent me for a nerve test where they shoot small zaps of electric current into your fingers and measure the results on some weird machine. Anyway, it turned out to be my ulnar nerve and I had to have a surgical procedure called "transposition of the ulnar nerve". I wore a cast for a few weeks but now my hand is perfect again. The surgeon told me that it's essentially nerves getting tangled up somehow, sometimes caused by the jolt in an auto accident, or maybe a fall. But if you leave it the numbness will only increase. You really should get it looked at soon, but be prepared to have a cast and some physiotherapy if you have the same problem I did. The doc also goes deep into your arm which will leave a scar, but it makes a good conversation piece down the road (you can lie to the girls and tell them you got into some knife fight or something :) Good luck!

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god no... surgery... :| +is scared+

ive been doing some moutain biking... i guess that counts as jolt..

Did the operation hurt much..

why me :(

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god no... surgery... :| +is scared+

ive been doing some moutain biking... i guess that counts as jolt..

Did the operation hurt much..

why me :(

Well, the surgeon gave me two choices. He said the procedure is around 90 to 120 minutes in length and if I wanted I could be awake and just have a local anesthetic, or be knocked out with a general anesthetic. I chose to be knoked out. It's really safe and they shoot you full of narcotics before and after the surgery so pain is the last thing you feel. After I got out of the hospital (it's just same day surgery, in and out in one day) I was in a fair amount of pain for about a week or so. I had someithing called Percocet (I think?) but it didn't really help that much. It is a deep incision, so it does take time for the pain to go away, which just means you'll have to take it easy for a while. The truth is though, if you have what I had then you have no choice but to get the surgery. The nerves will not fix themselves and will only get worse as time goes by. First thing's first...go see your doctor and tell him all your symptoms. I wish ya luck!

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