I have been gradually feeling numbness first in my right hand then numbness and severe pain?

I am a 48 yr old woman and have been gradually feeling numbness AT first in my right hand then numbness and severe pain! It only occurred when I woke in the morning. Now, it is both hands. Total numbness. Starts at 4 am.I awake in excruciating pain and burning . The pain in my hands feels like their being squeezed in some sort of vice and nails pounded through at same time .Radiates up left arm. Im afraid to sleep to wake to this agony