A 50-year-old woman with a history of diabetes and hypertension presents with a chief complaint of left hand numbness. She reports a 6-month history of left hand numbness and tingling, primarily ...

Paresthesia refers to the tingling, pricking, “pins and needles” sensation that occurs beneath the skin, according to the Cleveland Clinic. If you’ve ever “slept” on your hand, arm or leg, the ...

Sleeping with hands under the body, having carpal tunnel syndrome, and nerve damage are some causes of hand numbness. It's important to tell a doctor if your hand numbness is accompanied by weakness ...

Why do I awaken in the morning with numbness and tingling in my thumb and fingers? There can be multiple reasons why this could occur. One of the main reasons this occurs is due to compression of the ...

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Fingers frozen to the bone? It’s normal to be colder in the winter — but what’s not normal is extremities growing so cold that they go numb and turn white. Fortunately, it could very well be a ...

In chilly weather, it’s normal to experience cold fingers. But if you frequently have cold fingers or hands, it could be a sign of a medical condition, like diabetes or a vitamin B12 deficiency. If ...

If you’ve never taken your hands off your handlebars midride to shake out numbness or a pins and needles sensation, are you even a cyclist? Although we don’t have the data to know exactly how common ...

Woodruff (ankle) is experiencing symptoms of Raynaud's syndrome, including numbness in the middle three fingers of his right hand, and doesn't have a timeline for his return from the 15-day injured ...

The MRI confirms the clinical diagnosis of subacute (10 days in this case) right thalamic lacunar infarct and illustrates the following signal characteristics frequently seen with subacute infarction: ...