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what causes your arm to fall asleep when your sleeping
Sent to Health Experts December 21 08:00 AM

when i lay down at night my arms fall asleep and they hurt from my underpits down to my fingers and it wakes me up at night i tryed laying on my back and no matter what i try they still fall asleep. it seems like it happens more in the winter time . i don't have any heat in my room because this makes me more coufortable to sleep at night. then in the morning when i get up my right side finger tips go numb untill i start moveing around for the day. then everything is ok untill i go lay down for the night.

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December 21 11:28 AM (3 hours and 27 minutes and 10 seconds later)
         
My arm used to fall asleep during the day and
then it would be up all night (joke). Because of
the position your body is in when you sleep,
you are simply "pinching" a nerve. It happens
to me too. The only way to avoid this is to
make yourself sleep in a different position that
will prevent this nerve from being "pinched".
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December 21 1:47 PM (2 hours and 19 minutes and 13 seconds later)
         
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