Our nerves receive oxygen and nutrients through blood vessels, ensuring the right amount of blood reaches our organs, he adds. And when a limb goes without movement for an extended period, blood flow is inhibited, resulting in that pins and needles feeling....
Recently I was hospitalized for ths very reason in May 2009, the diagnosis was Hypocalcemia in other words my body was not producing active vitamin D so the calcium in my body was not being transmitted to my vital organs, thus causing them to shut down and give me that pins and needles ...