[Stuart2]

Hi:
I can't sleep through the night because I wake up once or twice with numb, tingly forearms and hands every night. Both arms, but the right one is worse.
Forearm and hand also get numb and tingly whenever I hold the phone for more than a minute or two.
I sleep with bent arms and I know that bending my arms is putting pressure on the nerves and causing the problem.
Questions:
1) Can sleeping this way cause further damage to the nerves in my arms?

2) Are there things that I can put on arms when I sleep? I tried wrapping a pillow around my elbow area. That didn't work. I tried different sleeping position, but 54 year old habits are hard to break.

3) Is this happening to others? Is it symptomatic of a certain cause or type of PN?
I have idiopathic PN. Advice appreciated. Thanks!
IG