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How Can Severe Pain And Numbness In The Hands Be Treated?

9/28/2017 my MD started me taking Lisinopril-HCTZ 10-12.5 mg.tab each morning. Already I had suffered from numbness and severe pain in my hands during my sleeping hours at night. Usually getting out of bed and moving around some and concentrating on some small projects immediately cause the pain to subside allowing me to go back to sleep. Immediately starting this blood pressure medicine this night time numbness pain in my hands increased in severity. I do not see this as being listed under the negative side effects anywhere for this drug. I m scheduled to revisit my MD to talk about whether the new drug has lowered my blood pressure in one week. Lacking quality sleep at night causes me to take Advil PM capsules to in effort to relieve the pain in my hand or hands. This does not reliably help. Any suggestions please.
Wed, 13 Dec 2017
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Thanks for posting your query on HealthcareMagic.
Usually this is self limiting and there is no specific cause but if this persist then various causes for arm numbness may persist like dehydration,diabetes,hypothyroidism,menopause,lack of B complex vitamins.
You may also have nerve compression problems which was suspected in your prior consultations which must have aggravated, however at what level it varies and needs clinical evaluation, with nerve conduction studies with or without MRI. It is very common to get such types of numbness and pain in stress and in deep anxiety state,however to be on safe side,you should consult a doctor and get your cardiac status checked along with other relevant investigations for the causes as mentioned above.
Hope this helps and provides answers to your question. I wish you good health
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How Can Severe Pain And Numbness In The Hands Be Treated?

Thanks for posting your query on HealthcareMagic. Usually this is self limiting and there is no specific cause but if this persist then various causes for arm numbness may persist like dehydration,diabetes,hypothyroidism,menopause,lack of B complex vitamins. You may also have nerve compression problems which was suspected in your prior consultations which must have aggravated, however at what level it varies and needs clinical evaluation, with nerve conduction studies with or without MRI. It is very common to get such types of numbness and pain in stress and in deep anxiety state,however to be on safe side,you should consult a doctor and get your cardiac status checked along with other relevant investigations for the causes as mentioned above. Hope this helps and provides answers to your question. I wish you good health