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My hands will go numb , what could cause it ?
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Anxiety: When you are stressed, holding your stress in your chest and breathing too shallow and thus too rapidly your carbon dioxide levels change and this hand numbness is a common result. This is about your stress.
Answered 3/20/2014
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