Hand numbness during sleep

It sounds like you're pinching a nerve. If it only happens at night, pay attention to your wrist position. Years ago I had numbness caused by sleeping with my wrist bent too much. I wore a brace for some time, but then I switched to placing my hand under my pillow or under my head to keep my wrist straight. Even now I catch myself with my wrist in a bad position, but as long as it doesn't stay in that position too long, I have no numbness.

If it continues, check with your doctor. Physical therapy might help.

I had an oophrecrony and reconstruction. 4 months later both my hands started going number a you described. I had only been on aeimidex like 3 or 4 weeks so I went off it and no change then after it would not resolve I had carpal tunnel surgery and dequervaines on the other side. It only fixed it about 80 percent. I have decreased grip strength as well and my hands go number if I ride my bike.

There are many women on hystersisters who had hysterectomies that the loss of estrogen caused what you are describing

I did not read of anyone resolving the condition without surgery. Women are more likely to get carpal tunnel anyway and the loss of estrogen can increase the odds.

I had to go to a neurologist and they did a test of nerve conduction. I tried sleeping with hand braces and I tried hand therapy and I tried water therapy. I couldn't try estrogen for obvious reasons and that isn't well studied anyway.

I did a search for loss of estrogen and carpal tunnel and found correlation but I apologize I didn't save the study.

Fe - Which part of your hand is numb? There are different nerves that can get pinched resulting in numbness. Before considering surgery, please try physical therapy.

I recommend nerve flossing to help relax any pinched nerve. It helped me with my sciatica that I've had for years. This is different than stretching that can further irritate nerves. A PT can help guide you though there are many videos online.

That sounds like the median nerve is getting pinched somewhere. Do you have tight muscles anywhere? You should see your doctor for a proper evaluation. It could be carpal tunnel or something else.

https://www.spine-health.com/blog/getting-right-diagnosis-numb-fingers

In the meantime, this link has several videos on nerve flossing. Be sure to do them gently. Stop if your pain increases. You don't want to aggravate the nerve. It's better to do the movements a few times several times a day. A physical therapist can help with nerve flossing and can help with finding the cause of the numbness.

https://www.themassagespecialist.com/self-help/nerve-flossing-upper-body.html

At night, I recommend loosely wearing a wrist brace. Wearing a brace tightly for too long can cause other problems.

And sleep on your back or on the side without hand numbness. Back is better.

I would try Myofascial release using the Barns method if there is a PT in your area. I have one that is also lymphadema trained and it has helped with my hand numbness signficantly. I would also add B12 sublingual as I do B12 shots every other week and that has helped. I did have carpal tunnel surgery after a dbl matectomy It only improved the numbness 50 percent and I lost strength in my hands. I certainly couldn't sqeeze rags now. I think some of my numbness is an effect from the Herceptin and Carboplatin along with the mulitple surgeries I had along with the double hysterectomy that removed my estrogen.

Sounds like carpal tunnel syndrome. I'm a Dental Hygienist and we tend to have that a lot. I had it and wearing a brace at night to keep my wrist straight really helped. Also, I used to sleep on my stomach with my arms under me. I broke that habit. And, you say you're active. Do you lift weights? Or, do you use a computer often? Both can exacerbate the problem.

Also, watch salt intake. It can cause your hands and wrists to swell, thereby pinching the nerve in your wrist.

Notice which fingers are numb. If it's the thumb and first 3 fingers, nerve in wrist is compressed—carpal tunnel. If it's the pinky and ring finger, probably a pinched nerve in your neck.

Hope this helps. I've suffered with both. Better now. I have noticed it giving me more trouble since nodes removed. Buildup of fluid. I’m addressing that now with a lymphedema PT and it’s helping.