Is this part of TOS ... once woke up with dead looking purple hand.

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Hi all,

This happened a while ago but is it the same arm that is bothering me now. I

woke this one time with discolored hand, no feeling in the lower arm and

yellow to purple gray color. I swear it looked like my hand was dead. I just

presumed I slept wrong and it had fallen to sleep. When I moved it recovered all

color. It scared me, but I thought is was just from sleeping wrong too long. Any

comments on discolored hand will be appreciated. I always felt this was due my

underarm flesh being sooooo soft and squishy. I especially get this when

slightly dehydrated on wake up. Caro

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> Hi all,

I woke this one time with discolored hand, no feeling in the lower

arm and yellow to purple gray color. When I moved it recovered all

color. Any comments on discolored hand will be appreciated.

You are correct - it most definitely could be part of the same

thing. It sounds in your case like it was just a one time thing.

You could have had some minor sub-lux or other compression take

place during the night that impinged/entrapped the veins/arteries in

the Brachial Plexus. This would absolutely cause the discoloration,

as well as a feeling of cold in the arm/hand, plus numbness or

tingling.