Air pollution can irritate the eyes, throat and lungs. Burning eyes, cough and chest tightness are common with exposure to high levels of air pollution. People can react very differently to air pollution. Some people may notice chest tightness or cough, while others may not notice any effects.
Hand numbness is usually caused by damage, irritation or compression of one of the nerves or a branch of one of the nerves in your arm and wrist. Diseases affecting the peripheral nerves, such as diabetes, also can cause numbness, although with diabetes similar symptoms usually occur first in your feet. In very uncommon instances, numbness can be caused by problems in your brain or spinal cord, although in such cases arm or hand weakness or loss of function also occurs. Numbness alone is only rarely associated with potentially life-threatening disorders, such as strokes or tumors.
If your hands and feet are cold all the time they may be trying to tell you something. Cold hands and feet, and pain, can indicate an underlying disease. Here are a few of the most common reasons for numbing and tingling sensations in the hands and feet. Raynaudâs Disease: This little known disease affects women much more than men and its cause is not really known.