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Originally Posted by glenntaj
--compression on the nerves and lack of circulation to the pressure of the position.
I certainly have both, and also suffer from developing numbness in certain parts of the body if I keep them in certain specific positions too long. Sitting too much on my left thigh, for example, will slowly bring on the feeling of the limb "falling asleep", which slowly ebbs when I shift or get up. And I have an unfotunate tendency to lean on my left elbow while reading or working at the computer, which will produce those symptoms in my ulnar distrubution.
While it's kind of difficult to explain, I can distinguish between the "circulatory" effect and the "direct nerve" effet--the numbness/tingling has a slightly more prickly, less global quality when the nerves are involved, and the circulatory issues fade faster upon pressure release.
What kind of testing have you had to find the cause of your neuropathy? A number of causes--vascultic autoimmune, diabetes/glucose dysregulation--involve a mechanism in which circulation to the nerves in compromised, and they begin to be damaged due to lack of nutrients/oxygen, so circulatory insuffiency can certainly be involved.
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Of all the descriptions and comments left so far, this is the one that sounds the most similar to what I'm experiencing.
For my feet, if I sit with my legs on something that puts pressure on my calf area, my feet will pretty readily "go to sleep". If I start moving or shift around, it comes back.
I guess that's what's now happening to my hands, sad to say.
I've had most every autoimmune and diabetes tests there are with nothing found, but perhaps they missed something.
I do live a fairly inactive life -- i.e. not enough exercise. Could it be something as simple as not enough basic circulation happening to keep the nerves at my extremes adequately "fed"? It seems like most circulatory issues also surface with discoloration, though. I don't have any such thing. Although my toes/feet and fingers often feel cold (to me) long before the rest of me does.