What Causes Painful Hands And Numbness Of Hands?

Posted on Mon, 25 Aug 2014

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Mon, 25 Aug 2014 Answered on

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Question : I have very bad pain in my hands and going up arm left hand more so then right
Also when I lay down it is very bad
Numbness most of the day come and go
Had this for 4days

Answered by Dr. Divakara (1 hour later)

Brief Answer:
Seems nerve problem

Detailed Answer:
Hi
Thanks for posting your query.

Pain in both sides of the hands can be either due to muscular problem or bone problem or nerve related problem .
Muscle problem could be due to excessive work or strain or even fever can cause this.
Bone problem very unlikely as it's been there only 4 days.
But the kind of distribution of pain points more towards nerve problem . Most likely nerve compression might be happening at your neck level.
If I were your doctor I would have given pain killer with muscle relaxants for a week and would have watched for 1 week . If no improvements then a nerve conduction study of both upper limb will be advised.
I advise you ask your doctor for a prescription of pain killers with muscle relaxants use it for a week and revert back if pain persists.

Any doubts feel free to ask.Happy to help.

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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Bhagyalaxmi Nalaparaju