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Old 07-31-2013, 05:43 PM
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Welcome Bisones,

Yes, this is definitely serious enough to see a doctor.

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Numbness in hands: When to see a doctor (Mayo Clinic)

Possible causes of numbness in one or both of your hands include:
  • Alcoholism
  • Amyloidosis (when substances called amyloid proteins build up in your organs)
  • Brachial plexus injury (an injury to the network of nerves that conducts signals from the spine to the shoulder, arm and hand)
  • Carpal tunnel syndrome
  • Cervical spondylosis (age-related wear and tear affecting the disks in your neck)
  • Ganglion cysts (noncancerous fluid-filled lumps that most commonly develop along the tendons or joints of your wrists or hands)
  • Guillain-Barre syndrome (an uncommon disorder in which your body's immune system attacks your nerves)
  • HIV/AIDS
  • Lyme disease (a tick-borne illness)
  • Multiple sclerosis
  • Paraneoplastic syndromes of the nervous system (a group of rare disorders that develop in some people with cancer)
  • Peripheral neuropathy (nerve damage that often causes numbness and pain in your hands and feet)
  • Raynaud's disease (a condition that causes some areas of your body to feel numb and cool in response to cold temperatures or stress)
  • Side effects of chemotherapy drugs
  • Sjogren's syndrome (an autoimmune disease that causes dry eyes and dry mouth)
  • Spinal cord injury
  • Stroke
  • Syphilis
  • Syringomyelia (the development of a fluid-filled cyst, or syrinx, within your spinal cord)
  • Type 2 diabetes
  • Ulnar nerve compression
  • Vasculitis (an inflammation of your blood vessels)
  • Vitamin B-12 deficiency
See also: Numbness and tingling (University of Maryland Medical Center)

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