Nerve damage commonly affects the body’s ability to move, feel, and function. Common examples of nerve damage include:

• Radial nerve injury: Your radial nerve is one of the primary nerves that supply sensation to your wrist and fingers. Damage to this nerve results in loss of feeling or weakness in your hand. This can make it difficult to grasp small objects, use tools, and perform other tasks.
• Carpal tunnel syndrome: This occurs when the median nerve becomes compressed at the wrist, causing pain, numbness, and tingling in the hands and fingers. This condition is often related to repetitive motions such as typing or using machinery, but it can also result from trauma or arthritis.
• Ulnar wrist entrapment: This can occur when the ulnar nerve becomes pinched at the elbow by surrounding soft tissue or bone spurs from arthritis or other conditions. You feel numbness or tingling in your ring and pinky fingers when this happens.
• Peripheral neuropathy: This condition involves the damage or death of sensory or motor nerves. Peripheral neuropathy can result in numbness, tingling sensations, and loss of normal reflexes.
• Central nervous system disorders: These disorders are caused by brain or spinal cord abnormalities that result in problems with movement and sensation or seizures.
• Cervical radiculopathy: This condition occurs when there is irritation or compression of one or more cervical nerve roots at their point of exit from the spinal cord (cervical radicle). Cervical radiculopathy can cause weakness, numbness, and pain in parts of the body below your neck.
• Bicycler’s neuropathy: Bicyclists can easily injure their brachial plexus (a group of nerves that run from your neck down both arms) by straining their neck or upper back while riding. This can cause compression of one or more nerves in your arms, resulting in numbness and tingling in your fingers and hands.