Cause of numbness in fingers: What could be the cause of one having numbness of the fingers especially when you wake up from sleep. Also joint pains,ankle,under the sole of one’s feet.
Depending on your age, the numbness that you are suffering is probably a simple case of pins and needles or probably symptomatic of a bigger problem. Numbness that you have described is caused by a nerve in your fingers that might have got depressed in some way in your sleep. This combined with the joint pains could indicate that the position you sleep in might not be a comfortable one or that your hand probably gets twisted into a position that is depressing a nerve.
If this condition does not happen while you are awake and you do not feel this during the course of the day, then you do not have much to worry about. However, if the symptoms persist thought the day, there might a bigger problem at hand, for example poor circulation to the extremities. Try and located telltale signs of this by pale or blue areas of skin or nails that is indicative of poor circulation. This condition calls for a visit to the doctor. The joint pains that you are suffering could be caused by the onset of arthritis but this also can only be confirmed with an x-ray of the affected area. This is why the question of your age comes up as most arthritis only manifests itself after the age of 40. Of special concern is rheumatoid arthritis which can seriously disfigure a person’s limbs and one the symptoms is numbness though not a determining factor. To try and eliminate any of these possibilities, try and sleep in a slightly different position and also try and limit your movement during sleep by boxing yourself into a position in bed with pillows. It is also worth trying out whether the problem is created by being in a lying-down position by lying down in your typical sleeping pose for a period of time and then checking if the symptoms occur again.
Curiously, the neck and spine can also be a source of the problem that you are facing. This is because of a bunching up of nerves in the spinal region of the neck and in the event of a bad sleeping posture where there is a gap between your neck and a supportive surface, or even when your head is thrown back in sleep, the nerves could be depressed causing numbness. To eliminate this as a probable cause sway your head from side to side and check of the sensation returns to your fingers.
