Why is my child's legs numb?

Many children may not be so aware of the condition of leg numbness. They just feel that their legs become very weak and there are some painful symptoms. If your child tells you about these symptoms, you should take them to the hospital for a more formal examination in time. Generally speaking, many children will experience this symptom due to the effects of some drugs.

People with diabetes may experience numbness in their hands and feet. If numbness, soreness, or swelling often occurs in any part of the body, blood sugar should be checked promptly, especially for the elderly.

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For example, if you have a cold or diarrhea, it will cause numbness in your hands and feet; if you stay in an environment containing hydrogen, arsenic, carbon disulfide, etc. for a long time, numbness in your hands and feet will also occur.

Neuritis

The most common symptoms of neuritis are numbness of hands and feet, muscle atrophy, and weakness in the limbs. If you have diarrhea or a cold for half a month, it will cause neuritis.

Scattered limbs

Numbness does not occur in the limbs at the same time, but occurs in a scattered manner. This means that local nerves are stimulated, such as a stroke after being drunk, coma causing stimulation of the head nerves, stimulation of the hand nerves by the elderly using crutches, upper limb numbness caused by cervical spondylosis, and leg numbness caused by stimulation of the lumbar shoulder nerves.

One is that cerebral thrombosis causes compression and damage to the brain nerves, leading to numbness of the hands and feet. In this case, you need to go to the neurology department of the hospital for treatment. After the diagnosis is confirmed, you can take appropriate drug treatment. Another possibility is that bone hyperplasia in the cervical spine compresses the cervical spinal nerves, causing numbness in the hands and feet. In this case, you should go to the orthopedics department of the hospital, preferably the spinal surgery department, and have a cervical spine X-ray, CT or MRI examination. If the cervical spinal cord is indeed compressed, traction or drugs to treat bone hyperplasia can be used. If the compression is severe and drug treatment is ineffective, surgical treatment should be considered.

Numbness in the hands and feet cannot be treated symptomatically, but the cause must be treated. No matter what causes numbness in the hands and feet, you should first go to the hospital's neurology department for examination to determine whether the nerves are damaged and what kind of stimulation they have received. If it is a neurological problem, an electromyography examination will be required to further confirm the extent, range, and nature of the nerve damage. If the numbness of hands and feet is caused by other reasons, then transfer to other related departments for treatment.

For numbness of hands and feet caused by nerve damage, the choice of whether to use medication or surgery should be based on the degree and nature of the nerve damage. Drug treatment is usually combined with acupuncture and physical therapy to promote rapid recovery. Surgical treatment is to divert the compressed nerves through surgery to relieve the compression and stimulation of the nerves. The degree of cure depends mainly on the cause and nature of the neuropathy. If it is peripheral nerve damage (nerves other than the brain and spinal cord), the recovery time is generally longer.