I am a neurosurgeon.....see this a lot. Tap over your wrist crease and palm of your hand and see if you get a pain of electrical shock. You need to do it briskly. If you get pain or numbness that is call a positive Tinel sign. If you do put your hands upabove your shoulders and bend your wrists so the are at ninty degrees to your forearm. If you develop numbness in the thumb or next two fingers of medial part of the ring finger you likely have carpal tunnel syndrome. That is Phalens sign. Now if this is also associated with neck pain and limitied range of motion, especially lateral bending that also causes the numbness and pain you might have double crush syndrome. Then you need to see a guy like me. That means your disc is compressing the cervical nerve root and the the tranverse carpal ligament is pressing on the median nerve to cause the CTS. CTS is much more prevalent in diabetics. Disc problems are very common is smokers or people with high omega six consumption and fructose consumption and low vitamin D levels. You can have both together or one of the other. If its CTS you get an exam and EMG. If the neck is involved we add a MRI to the work up. Then tell you what we think........treatment options. I hope this helps. Good Luck.

I've gone through a lot of these symptoms, and can say it's not diet related. It doesn't necessarily be carpal - you can have a nerve pinched somewhere in your shoulder area, which can translate to numbness in the fingers. I've experienced this more than once, and as soon as I can get everything popped into place, it's immediately better. Lots of stretching can help unpinch, if that's what it is. If it's carpal tunnels, shop around for a doc and ask people in your area who have had the surgery - not everyone gets relief from it. I don't know much about the surgery, but my guess is that the better the surgeon, the better the results.

About 10 years ago, my husband started having mild numbness, it would come and go. Then it got worse and eventually it became about half his body that would go numb. When he finally went to his doctor they sent him to the emergency room they were so worried. He had a million tests and even had a neurology consult. In the end they found NOTHING. It turned out to be stress related. The more he worried about it, the more numbness he had. Once he'd been though all the tests and told they couldn't find anything POOF it went away.

Now, I'm not saying your numbness is stress related for sure, I'm just letting you know that these types of symptoms can occur without it being serious.

Good luck!

Could also be a cervical disc herniation. Definintely get it checked out by a traditional doc!

Lost 50 pounds and since have been low carb/primal 2 years, leanish (about 15%) and at steady weight. Most mornings, when I'm in ketosis (stik check), my fingertips and toes are usually slightly numb but my bum and stomach area feel warm. Blood glucose normal. (4.5 UK)

Have you consulted with a myofascial therapist? Sometimes muscle fiber can get twisted around nerves and cause all sorts of weird numbness.

My hand and elbow on my left arm were getting numb at various points throughout the day. After I noticed this, I tried to pay more attention to it even when it wasn't numb.

Turns out I prop my chin on my left hand with my elbow on my desk anytime I'm not typing (such as when I'm using the mouse or just reading the screen). I have to make a conscious effort to not lean on my arm or it will get numb. Even if it doesn't go numb, my arm--especially my elbow--will be sore later on in the day.

I don't know if your posture or "desk habits" might be playing a role or not, but it could be something to look into.

Maybe try googling Sarno and TMS? Sounds like it could possibly be tension/stress related.