Symptom: Finger numbness
Finger numbness: Loss of feeling or sensation
Introduction: Numbness usually arises from damage or disease of nerves. Numbness is often associated with or preceded by abnormal pain-like sensations often described as pins-and-needles, prickling or burning sensations called paresthesias; see finger paresthesias. Any numbness or abnormal sensations need prompt professional medical advice.
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Symptoms related to Finger numbness: finger paresthesia (7), finger burning
Finger numbness type of: Finger symptoms (40), Numbness (69), Arm numbness (25), Hand numbness (16)
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Possible causes of symptom: Finger numbness: The following medical conditions are some of the possible causes of Finger numbness as a symptom. There are likely to be other possible causes, so ask your doctor about your symptoms.
- Finger paresthesias
- Nerve injury
- Diabetic neuropathy
- Multiple sclerosis
- Cervical spondylosis
- Peripheral vascular disease
- Alcoholic neuropathy
- Guillaine-Barre syndrome
- Panic attack - can get tingling or numbness in panic attacks, but usually with many other symptoms.
- See also causes of finger paresthesias, paresthesias, numbness
Conditions listing symptoms: Finger numbness: The following list of conditions have 'Finger numbness' or similar listed as a symptom in our database. This computer-generated list may be inaccurate or incomplete. Always seek prompt professional medical advice about the cause of any symptom.
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