numbness of fingers at night

[peybin]

my father has return from neck biopsy surgery recently, and he has complaint about numbness of fingers at night. and this became frequent when he is going for radiotherapy for NPC. may i know what is this about and FYI my dad is a stable angina patient, could it be symptom of stroke? TIA? or post-surgery effect? he in on losartan, carvedilol, atorvastatin, plavix med. thx

[SassyLassie]

Hello~During the surgery, he could have had his neck in a bad position and this could be causing an impingement of the nerves, thus, causing the tingling.  I would first, tell the physician what is going on, then, I would see a chiropractor, if his neck has some vertebra that are out of alignment due to how it was positioned, the chiropractor can fix it and his numbness should go away.

[aussiemum38]

is it possible the neck  biopsy surgery caused a litlle bruising near a nerve that feeds to the fingers? if so maybe it just needs some cold packs and time for inflammation to go down but let his doctor know, especially as he has a heart condition. some heart meds can cause coldness in extremities, not sure if that is the same as the numbness he feels though.

[bstevenson]

if it is when he sleeps he could be sleeping on it wrong or he could have low blood circulation in his hands....if not then ask your medical docotor what the side effects for the surgery...brittany

[MsMissyG]

could be a post surgery effect, could also be minor nerve damage from the biopsy.