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Curious about this, what was the issue with your fingers? Pain or numbness?

feeling weaker grip and sensations leading sometimes to clumsiness. I would describe it as slight numbness (in the sense of weaker sensations and a weird, kind of tingly feeling in the fingers). It was becoming a proper numbness when using phone/tablet for prolonged periods, but now I try to avoid doing that.

I have similar tingly sensation in my elbow, and in the worst time I actually woke up at night with pain in the elbow.

It's sometimes better, sometimes worse, and I'm trying what else (other than giving up my job and using computer) can I do to help relieve this issues. COVID pandemic is not helping either getting proper medical attention.

Check your blood sugar

I actually had some fasting glucose tests done recently (different labs)

20.10.2020: 92 mg/dl 23.10.2020: 91.5 mg/dl

Both labs give around 70-100 as a normal range.

Would you suggest something more?

I had glucose tolerance test done around 2 years ago (glucose&insuline tested before/after consuming 75g of glucose; sample taken at 0h, 1h, 2h). Looks like I have "insuline resistance" which prompted me to eat more vegetables and lose some weight, but I need to admit that it's hard for me to give up on fruits and sweets.

Many people will tell you that your fasting glucose should be as "low as possible" and you'd be better off at the low end of the range than the high end of the range, but really if you are under 110 then doctors are not going to get excited.

If you were a lot higher than that it would be a concern in and of itself and a source of tinglingness and other nerve trouble in the long term.

If by "using phone/tablet" you mean the hand holding it up is getting these symptoms I actually also get this and my guess is that it is a general circulation problem (I am not a doctor!).

FWIW I didn't find an exercise solution, but actually some common spices that apparently promote circulation did help me (not medical advice!): ginger, garlic, cayenne pepper.

I get something like that as well

I just sit there normally and my arms start tingling. Or the leg falls asleep. It has been getting worse since I am 30

Not so good to sit 14h/day at the PC

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