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How come i get pins and needles in my hands after drinking?

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Dr. Randolph Rosarion answered

Specializes in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Paresthesias: If by drinking you mean alcohol, and if you don't remember after you drink, it's possible that you had too much to drink, passed out and compressed your radial nerve against a hard piece of furniture and developed a palsy. Try to get help for your drinking so you don't permanently damage yourself or get a wrist drop or worse.

Answered 2/19/2016

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A member asked:

How come i get pins and needles in my hands after drinking?

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Dr. Randolph Rosarion answered

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