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38 year old female, pins and needles in arms and fingers, wakes me through the night

By Guest | 38 posts, last post
Mahdi Malekpour, MD answered this A Tingling Or Prickling Sensation (Pins And Needles) In Any Area Or All Over Body
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Guest

i have the same problem of getting pins and needles in my arms and hands & fingers at night when i am sleeping and yes it wakes me up too. this has been happening for last 2-3 onths now. i was v worried about it and finally got ropund to seeing the doctor. he didnt know what it could be straight away so sent me to have a blood test. Results came back fine, but i still have the problem. Tried changing my ways of sleeping as I thought i might be ptting too much weight on my arms when sleeping and maybe coz i have put on more weight this could eb the reason. but i have tried sleeping with no weight on the arms now, but still get the numbness. now i dont really know what to do as its hard for me to take time off for doc appointments. i have even started to feel the tickles at work in the day now. Not as bad as at night, but i am scared they will get worse. Dont really know what to do except try and lose weight and eat healthy (if that is the cause) and hope tat it will go away.
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Guest

How is your vitamin B12 intake? Are you a vegetarian? How often do you eat red meat? A low B12 intake will cause pins and needles in the sleep. Maybe get that checked out if you're going to the doctors anyhow :) Good luck! God bless :D
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Patricia Crookes Lee

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pins and needles in my arms and hands
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Guest

I am having this same problem in my left arm, what was the diagnosis you received?
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jods

i have the same thing going on with me and im only 24 years old..im going to my gp because im over waking up 4 to 8 times a night and i have to get up at 5 every morning for work...
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sugarleg

as above mainly on the right side
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Guest

I have had pins and needles in both arms from elbow down for over 1 year now. I am 44 years old. It disturbes my sleep every night. I have read alot on this problem and have decided it is not carpel tunnel as there is no pain associated with my tingles just numbness. It also happens to me when I wake up in the morning while on the computer or just sitting drinking my coffee and usually dissapears within 1 hour for the rest of the day. I have been told to drink more water, tried this made no difference. The comment someone left about your pillow has caught my attention as I recently was on holidays and I had the best nights sleep for 5 days and I have been trying to figure out what was different.  I will go buy a new pillow today as this problem is causing much stress in my life as I need my sleep. 
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Guest

I'm experiencing this too. I think the pillow may be a good idea as I recently slept on a blow up air bed and felt no pins and needles then as soon as I returned to my bed there back!

What pillow do you recommend?
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Aida

im only 21 and i've been getting these pins and needles in my arms and hands.

Right now im lying on my tommy and typing and im getting pins and needles. its the same even if i have a pillow under my chin or the laptop is lower than my bed.

Its very strange because I dont sleep with my arm under my head so the blood should really be going around fine but it looks like its not.

Thank you everyone for your comments. i will call my doctor tomorrow.

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Guest

pins + needles? 

likely it is nothing. and will go off in a few days or weeks.

really no point bothering doctor for something so minor - especially if under age of 55 or so.


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Sarahskerritt1982

Hi u have the same problem and have done for years I went to the doctors today and explained my symptoms and was told it sounded like tennis elbow ! I now have some anti inflammatory gel to rub in a few times a day I will update in a few days to see if this works :D
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annatjie viljoen

I have mostly the same experience with my hands it feels like if it swolen so bad and I've got lots of needles and pins sometimes it burns and my hands and fingers are itching, it mostly appears early in the morning from about 4oclock  I could not even hold a brush in my hands it feels to thick then I put my hands under the water just to used my hands again if somebody can tell me what to do and use I am 50yars old

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alanthiurlwell

a get exactly the same a went to doks he says trap nerve its down both arms hands fingers as if fingers are swollen the closest thing on here to describe it ia that carpell tunnel sindrome
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Tony

I have been having the same symptoms for several weeks now. I also suffered from dizziness and trouble speaking about 10 months ago and 2 MRI's later had found non specific changes in the brain. This can happen and the body can repair itself. But my Neurologist said I should look out for tingling in the hands or visual,speech disorders ect as it could be Multiple sclerosis. Which is a deffinate cause to go back to the GP or Neurologist about. Which is what I am going to do. In the meantime take a Vit D tablet 1000IU unit a day.

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Yolly


FII've got the same problem and it is also cervical spine related to do with the bones and marrow and the doctor says there is nothing they can do, it is part of aging... However wanted to know if anyone has any relieving remedy as yet, as apparently the uric acid is also high...

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