Digital nerves

Looks like

Fine nerves running in pairs along the sides of each finger and toe.

What it does

Carry touch from the fingertips — the densest sensation in the body.

Keeping it well

Care with knives and glass; a numb side of a finger after a cut means a cut nerve, and it can be repaired.

Its parts

• Common palmar digital branches of median nerve
• Common palmar digital branches of ulnar nerve
• Dorsal digital branches of radial nerve
• Dorsal digital branches of ulnar nerve
• Proper palmar digital branches of median nerve
• Proper palmar digital branches of ulnar nerve

Related conditions

• Amyloidosis (AL and ATTR)
• Botulism
• Carpal tunnel syndrome
• Charcot–Marie–Tooth disease
• Chickenpox (varicella)
• Chronic neuropathic pain
• Chronic pain syndrome
• De Quervain's tenosynovitis
• Dupuytren's contracture & trigger finger
• Fibromyalgia
• Ganglion cyst
• Guillain-Barré syndrome
• Juvenile idiopathic arthritis
• Lyme disease
• Myasthenia gravis
• Peripheral neuropathy
• Pseudogout (calcium pyrophosphate disease)
• Rabies
• Raynaud's phenomenon
• Repetitive strain & overuse injury
• Restless legs syndrome
• Rheumatoid arthritis
• Shingles (herpes zoster)
• Tetanus
• Vitamin B1, C and other deficiencies