Sometimes the sensation can feel slightly burning. Finger numbness may affect your ability to pick things up. Finger numbness can range from a symptom that occurs occasionally to something that impairs your ability to perform daily tasks.
But whatever your symptoms, noninvasive treatments are often available. The nerves in your body are responsible for transmitting messages to and from your brain. If the nerves are compressed, damaged, or irritated, numbness can occur. Examples of conditions known to cause finger numbness include:.
Carpal tunnel syndrome occurs when the nerve that provides feeling to your hand becomes pinched or obstructed. This condition often causes numbness in the thumb and index and middle fingers. Cervical radiculopathy occurs when a nerve that leaves your neck becomes inflamed or compressed.
This condition can cause numbness like carpal tunnel syndrome. A condition called diabetic neuropathy can lead to nerve damage in the feet and hands. You will usually first experience numbness in the feet.
This can cause numbness and affect your circulation. Rheumatoid arthritis RA is an autoimmune disorder that causes swelling, tenderness, and pain in the joints. This condition can also lead to tingling, numbness, and burning in the hands. This most commonly causes numbness in the pinkie and ring fingers. Sometimes tingling and numbness can be symptoms of a medical emergency. This is true when a person is experiencing a stroke, which is when a blood clot or bleeding affects the brain.
Sometimes splints are only worn at night. During the day, experts recommend taking breaks from tasks that put stress on your hands. Over-the-counter pain relievers can help manage the discomfort. For more tips that may help relieve carpal tunnel symptoms, see the Wise Choices box. Carpal tunnel surgery is one of the most common surgeries in the U. It involves dividing the ligaments—bands of elastic tissue—that support the wrist to reduce pressure on the median nerve.
These ligaments usually grow back after surgery in a way that gives the nerve more room. The surgery only takes about 10 to 30 minutes. Some strategies, like stretching your hands and wearing fingerless gloves, may help prevent carpal tunnel syndrome.
He recommends choosing a board-certified hand surgeon trained to diagnose and treat carpal tunnel. Peripheral neuropathy is a complication of diabetes that causes nerve damage in the arms, hands, legs, and feet. It is generally caused by high blood sugar levels and is seen in people who do not properly manage their diabetes. In addition to numbness and tingling, peripheral neuropathy can cause burning or a pins-and-needles feeling.
Fibromyalgia is a chronic condition characterized by prolonged periods of muscle pain, tenderness, and fatigue. Although the primary symptom of fibromyalgia is aching pain in the muscles, numbness in the fingers, hands, arms, feet, legs, and face have been noted.
While MS is a rare, numbness and tingling are one of the most common symptoms. In most cases, numbness associated with MS tends to only affect one side of the body and it generally occurs in the arms, legs, or face.
Other symptoms of MS can include vision problems, weakness, coordination problems, slurred speech, and loss of bladder or bowel control.
Although numbness with Guillain-Barre syndrome generally starts in the legs, it can eventually lead to numbness in the fingers. Hand numbness can be 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. Uncommonly, numbness may be caused by problems in your brain or spinal cord, although in such cases arm or hand weakness or loss of function also occurs.
Numbness alone isn't usually associated with potentially life-threatening disorders, such as strokes or tumors. Your doctor will need detailed information about your symptoms to diagnose the cause of your numbness.
A variety of tests may be needed to confirm the cause before appropriate treatment can begin. Causes shown here are commonly associated with this symptom. Work with your doctor or other health care professional for an accurate diagnosis. There is a problem with information submitted for this request. Sign up for free, and stay up-to-date on research advancements, health tips and current health topics, like COVID, plus expert advice on managing your health.
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