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If I fall asleep on my right side, my right hand will invariably be numb when I wake up these days. But if I fall asleep on my left side, my left hand will be normal. Does anyone know what might cause this? I like to sleep on my side, and often switch between sides. I haven't been able to find anything on Google that could indicate why this might affect one side but not the other. Of course, there are results about numbness caused by sleeping on your side, in general, but nothing I can find about why it would affect one side but not the other.
Are you certain you lie in exactly the same position when you lie on one side versus the other? And, how long do you stay asleep without moving on each side? I'm a side sleeper too, but notice I tend to curl up more with my arms/hands folded differently when I sleep on my right side compared to my left. I also tend to sleep longer on one side than the other. Because of a couple of surgeries that happened to occur on one side it tends to be a little less comfortable putting pressure on those old scars. So, I tend to spend less time on that side. That side "wakes up" faster the next morning because it hasn't born my weight as long the night before.
Are you certain you lie in exactly the same position when you lie on one side versus the other? And, how long do you stay asleep without moving on each side? I'm a side sleeper too, but notice I tend to curl up more with my arms/hands folded differently when I sleep on my right side compared to my left. I also tend to sleep longer on one side than the other. Because of a couple of surgeries that happened to occur on one side it tends to be a little less comfortable putting pressure on those old scars. So, I tend to spend less time on that side. That side "wakes up" faster the next morning because it hasn't born my weight as long the night before.
I'm pretty sure it doesn't have to do with posture. I don't usually sleep the whole night through, but am always waking up to use the bathroom. Probably a few hours maximum on either side.
I have suspected my circulation is poorer on my right side, for whatever reason. But I haven't been able to find any information about how this could happen to just one side of the body, if indeed my intuition is right on this. Reason I say this was how much worse an ingrown toenail was on my right big toe than on my left big toe, and I've had a few in recent years. But it became severely infected on the right, but never so bad on the left. And, if I'm swimming in cold water, my right foot will go numb before the left.
But the other suggestions are probably more likely.
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