worried and need answers please!

Hello,

Hi i'm a 25yr. hispanic female and its been going on five days that i feel this tingling half numbness feeling on my left hand. First what happened was that it was about 3:30 in the morning when I was awakened my a really Bad leg cramp on my left leg. These occur about twice every other year. And I have no idea why. But to me thats normal, what was abnormal was that I woke up with the tingling on my left hand. Its the left side of the hand, pinkey and ring finger. It's kind of scary and since I don't have any health insurance  at this moment. Oh yeah I had a baby last year and while I was pregnant they found gestational diabetes and they put me on insulin. When my baby was born my diabetes went away. My family does have history of diabetes but I check my sugar often so I don't think this is why. Hopefully someone can help me and put me at ease. I've been reading some stuff that the numbness tingling symptons that I have can be this problem that can be fatal and that's so scary. Please help.... Thank You

[JainMD]

Hi,
Pain, tingling and numbness could be due to neuropathy. This neuropathy can be mono-neuropathy or poly-neuropathy.
The cause for such neuropathy in your case could be diabetes or pre-diabetes or nerve compression at the level of elbow joint.
You should get your sugar checked and also meet an orthopaedician for evaluation.
Have you been evaluated for these symptoms so far? If yes, what has doctor got to say about this?
Are there any investigations being done after your pregnancy?
Keep us posted with your answers.
Bye.