MY MOM WAS TELLING ME THAT FOR ABOUT A YEAR NOW WHEN SHE FALLS ASLEEP SHE WILL WAKE UP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT AND JUST 3 OF HER FINGERS WILL BE ASLEEP ONLY (3) AND SHE ALSO SAID THAT SHE HAS BEEN GETTING REALLY DIZZY THREW THE DAY CAN ANYONE HELP ME OUT AND TELL ME WHAT THIS COULD BE SHE REALLY NEEDS HELP THANK U SO MUCH I WILL RETURN THE FAVOR.......
2007-12-11 13:39:00 · 5 answers · asked by josie k 1 in Health ➔ Other - Health
she also just told me that even when she is laying flat on her back her arms go to sleep...and she never sleeps with her hands under her head...
2007-12-11 14:02:48 · update #1
Josie, calm down, hon. Your mom is a big girl. If she is dizzy, she needs to see her doctor. It could be a lot of different things. She could have low blood sugar, low potassium, high blood pressure, etc. But don't freak!!!! They are ALL treatable.
I get the same thing with my fingers. It's the way I was sleeping. Soon as I get up, the feeling goes right back into them.
2007-12-11 13:43:41 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
There's nothing wrong with that. She could be dehydrated or she could have an ear infection or just plain vertigo - that would be the dizziness through the day.
There's nothing wrong with waking up and only having a few fingers asleep. Some people sleep with their head on their hands and if they're only sleeping on 3 fingers out of 5, then only those few will fall asleep.
If she's really worried, she should go see a neurologist.
2007-12-11 13:46:04 · answer #2 · answered by Mischele, RN♥ 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I had the same symptoms. It turned out to be diabetes. But your mother will have to see a doctor to be properly diagnosed. Is she excessively thirsty? Urinate frequently? Losing weight rapidly? Having trouble with infections? These are all symptoms I ignored...or rather, refused to recognize.
I also have several compressed discs in my neck. The first question the doctor asked me was if I had tingling in my fingers. It was just in my three last fingers of my left hand. He tested my strength and found that I had weakness in my little finger...another sign of a neck problem. We know what it is now and are taking care of the problem.
Please see that she gets to a doctor. I waited a long time and found out that my diabetes had gotten so bad that my blood sugar was almost 400 by the time I was diagnosed (it should be just under a hundred).
2007-12-11 13:53:28 · answer #3 · answered by Denise P 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
She should see a doctor.
2007-12-11 13:46:33 · answer #4 · answered by MadforMAC 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
she should see a doctor soon
2007-12-11 13:47:03 · answer #5 · answered by cochise 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋