If you try to clench your fists when you first wake up, will you feel that your hands are numb and swollen, and you can't clench your fists? You will have to wait for a few minutes for your limbs to completely "wake up".
What's going on here?
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Can't clench your fists in the morning?
Mostly normal
In fact, in most cases, this is a normal physiological phenomenon.
A complete sleep cycle includes both rapid eye movement (REM) and non-rapid eye movement sleep (NREM), and our natural awakening after falling asleep often occurs after REM sleep.
During REM sleep, the brain releases neurotransmitters to inhibit muscle contraction, causing muscles to lose tone, become flaccid, and enter a state of paralysis.
Usually, this muscle paralysis is synchronized with REM sleep, but sometimes there is a misalignment, when REM sleep ends and the brain becomes awake while the muscles remain weak. At this point, it may be difficult to clench your hands into fists.
However, this state usually does not last long, and after a few minutes at most, the fingers will become flexible and strong again as the body awakens and the muscles return.
Therefore, if you still can't clench your fist for dozens of minutes, or even if it is accompanied by other uncomfortable symptoms, you should be careful that it is a manifestation of the following diseases.
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Lasts a long time
Beware of the 5 disease warnings
Part 1 of the arthritic disease
Joint inflammation such as osteoarthritis, rheumatoid joints and rheumatoid arthritis can lead to joint deformation, swelling, stiffness, pain, and a significant decrease in the muscle and eyeliform strength around the joints, so patients will not be able to clench their fists.
Joint stiffness, particularly in rheumatoid arthritis, may persist until morning activity, and it usually takes more than an hour for the stiffness to resolve.
【Suggestion】
Apply a warm compress to your hands at night, or soak them in hot water to promote blood circulation before going to bed at night;
Try to dress loosely when you go to sleep to avoid too tight clothes that affect the flow of qi and blood;
Sleep in a relatively stretched position and avoid the oppressive prone position;
Don't rush to get up when you wake up in the morning, rub your hands together to move your joints.
2. Blockage of blood vessels
Blockage of blood vessels can lead to impaired nerve conduction, compression of motor fibers, and a gradual decrease in conduction capacity, which may lead to numbness in the hand, a lack of grip, and even difficulty in flexing and extending the fingers, but it is often unilateral.
【Suggestion】
If you also have facial stiffness, slurred speech, or unsteady walking, it is likely that the blood vessels have been blocked, and you must seek medical attention as soon as possible.
3. Cervical spondylosis
In patients with cervical spondylosis, not only will there be neck pain and mobility disorders, but after suffering from cervical spondylosis for a long time, it may also compress local nerves, induce finger swelling, finger numbness and even decreased grip strength of both hands.
【Suggestion】
Patients with cervical spondylosis must reduce the time of working at the desk with their heads down, do cervical spine exercises appropriately, and go to the rehabilitation department to do traction, physiotherapy, and massage to relieve when necessary, and at the same time pay attention to the warmth of the neck to avoid catching a cold.
4. Osteoporosis
When there is a rapid loss of calcium from people's bones and other parts, bone density decreases, which will affect the hardness and toughness of bones. At this time, it may cause abnormal symptoms on the hands, and when you get up in the morning, you will easily feel that your hands are swollen and stiff, and you can't hold them tightly.
【Suggestion】
In addition to eating calcium tablets, you can eat more dairy products, soy products, green leafy vegetables, and more sunlight to promote the production of vitamin D, which can better promote calcium absorption.
5. Tenosynovitis
Long-term excessive use of the wrist may cause strain in the hand, causing tenosynovitis, which occurs mostly in the fingers and wrist joints, and there will be pain and weakness, especially when grasping and typing.
【Suggestion】
If you want to alleviate tenosynovitis, you must avoid working in a fixed position for a long time, for computer workers, it is especially important to purchase a suitable mouse and mouse pad, try to balance your hands, and your wrist can reach the object, and do not hang in the air.
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