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What is the cause of numbness in the fingers?

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Not being a doctor, this answer will be from a layman's viewpoint, based on online reading of health articles.

First, numbness in any extremity could be the symptoms of a very serious condition, so I strongly suggest that if you have numbness in your fingers, that you have it checked out by a doctor AS SOON AS POSSIBLE!

Some of the possible causes I've read about are:

1. A blood clot blocking an artery, or

2. A mini-stroke in the brain which, I think, is technically refered to as an Intermittant Ischemic Event.

Again, IF you actually have this symptom, see a doctor ASAP!!!!!j3h.

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