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Hands Go Numb While Sleeping. Frequent feeling that a foot or hand has fallen asleep Gradual onset of numbness prickling or tingling in your feet or hands which can spread upward into your legs and arms. The symptoms are worse if you suffer from an ulnar nerve entrapment. This is an unpleasant sensation that you can sometimes feel in other areas like your legs or feet. This oftentimes happens at night when sleeping and can severely disrupt the quality of their sleep.
If your hands are under your pillows head or other body part do not be surprised if you wake up with tingling hands. When I sleep my limbs go numb. Anon355204 November 14 2013. Extended pressure on the ulnar nerve in your arm interferes with the function of the nerve and makes the hand numb. Occasionally the numbness can be explained easily if you are lying on your hands or arms when you sleep. Muscle weakness or paralysis.
If your hand or arm gets numb the cause could range from sleeping in one position for too long to a medical condition like carpal tunnel syndrome or diabetes.
When I sleep on the back of my head it goes numb and puts me to sleep. Sleeping with a bent elbow compresses the ulnar nerve. Diseases affecting the peripheral nerves such as diabetes also can cause numbness although with diabetes similar symptoms usually occur first in your feet. When I sleep my limbs go numb. This is an unpleasant sensation that you can sometimes feel in other areas like your legs or feet. Nerves have their own blood supply around the outside so pressure on a nerve cuts off that blood supply and the nerve eventually is starved for oxygen and nutrients making the nerve shut down.