Tingling hands
Tingling hands: Introduction
The skin sensation of partial numbness or "pins and needles" or
a type of "burning", "tingling" or "creeping" sensation of the skin,
is known as a "paresthesia".
Symptoms may start as a tingling (paresthesia) and change to a numbness,
or there may be a combination of decreased sensation (numbness) but
with heightened sensations at certain times or with stimulation.
Any type of tingling, burning, or numbness is usually a symptom related to a sensory nerve being damaged, diseased,
or injured.
Causes depend on the exact location of the paresthesia sensations,
but typically include a physical nerve injury type condition
(e.g. a nerve entrapment or some type of pressure being applied to a nerve
directly or to the spinal attachment of that nerve),
or a disease condition affecting the nerves (e.g. neuropathy, diabetic
neuropathy, multiple sclerosis, diabetes, and others).
Having these sensory symptoms in multiple locations,
or the recurrence of similar
symptoms in different locations is a hallmark symptom of multiple sclerosis,
so your doctor will likely ask about the past history of similar symptoms
to assess the likelihood of multiple sclerosis as a diagnosis (see symptoms of multiple
sclerosis).
Any of these tingling or numbness symptoms are more than just annoying; they can indicate a serious
medical condition and require prompt medical diagnosis by a professional.
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- Paresthesia
- "Professional Guide to Signs & Symptoms (Fifth Edition)" (2006)
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- Paresthesia
- "Signs & Symptoms: A 2-in-1 Reference for Nurses" (2007)
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causes of Tingling hands as a symptom.
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including prescription, over-the-counter, supplements, herbal or alternative treatments.
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causing Tingling hands as a symptom.
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including prescription, over-the-counter, supplements, herbal or alternative treatments.
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Detailed list of causes of Tingling hands
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causes of Tingling hands that
we have listed, we have the following prevalence/incidence information:
- 1
causes are "very common" diseases
- 0
causes are "common" diseases
- 0
causes are "uncommon" diseases
- 0
causes are "rare" diseases
- 0
causes are "very rare" diseases
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causes have no prevalence information.
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Conditions listing symptoms: Tingling hands:
The following list of conditions
have 'Tingling hands' or similar
listed as a symptom in our database.
This computer-generated list may be inaccurate or incomplete.
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of any symptom.
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Chronic Myeloproliferative Disorders
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Hand neuropathy
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Migraine
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Polyarteritis nodosa
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Medical Conditions associated with Tingling hands:
Hand paresthesia (40 causes), Hand symptoms (1115 causes), Paresthesias (415 causes), Arm paresthesia (58 causes), Arm symptoms (1340 causes), Pain (5609 causes), Sensations (5876 causes), Nerve symptoms (6219 causes), Common symptoms (7717 causes), Limb symptoms (1215 causes)
Symptoms related to Tingling hands:
Pins-and-needles (803 causes), Hand numbness (36 causes), Finger tingling (13 causes), Finger numbness (16 causes), Palm tingling, Arterial ischemia, Raynaud's phenomenon, Systemic sclerosis, Fractures (99 causes), Volkmann's ischemic contracture, Scaphoid fracture, Colle's fracture, Carpel tunnel syndrome, Peripheral neuropathy (83 causes)
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