What are the common symptoms of pain on the soles of the feet in the elderly?

It is necessary to pay attention to calcaneal fat paditis, the possibility of bone hyperplasia in the root bone, and the possibility of vascular occlusion of the lower extremities.

1.Complications of diabetes:

Diabetes will affect the increase of sugar in the blood, which will lead to abnormal imbalance of electrolytes and internal environment in the body, especially the peripheral blood circulation is greatly affected, so if the diabetes is not well controlled, it will induce the condition of diabetic foot. This can cause pain.

2.Spondylosis:

In particular, lumbar disc protrusion, cervical myelopathy, etc., can cause nerves or blood vessels to be affected, resulting in numbness, pain, and limited movement in both lower limbs.

3.Crazing pain:

When there is a lack of calcium, or if the legs are cold, it will be easy to induce leg cramps, so when there is a cramp in the legs, the muscles contract tightly in a short time, which will cause pain.

It may be caused by rheumatism or gout, or it may be a calcium deficiency.

There are many causes of foot pain, some are gout, some are this, rheumatism is possible.

1. Osteoporosis.

Osteoporosis is a multifactorial chronic disease, especially in postmenopausal women and older men. Primary osteoporosis is a common condition in older adults. Primary type I osteoporosis is caused by bone loss due to increased bone resorption due to decreased estrogen after menopause; Primary type II osteoporosis is caused by aging, which leads to an imbalance in hormone self-regulation, resulting in low bone formation.

2. Osteoarthritis.

Osteoarthritis is a joint lesion characterized by degeneration, degeneration and hyperplasia of articular cartilage, most of which have insidious onset and slow progression, and the most prominent symptom is joint soreness. The pain is severe when you wake up in the morning, and the pain is relieved after a little activity, and the pain recurs after excessive activity, and is relieved again after rest. Leg pain caused by osteoarthritis of the knee is associated with climate change, which is worse when cold and cold, and relieved when warm; At the same time, the patient had weakness in knee walking, and the pain was significantly worse when going up and down the stairs.

3. Indirect claudication.

Intermittent claudication is when the patient has no obvious discomfort when he is not walking, but as soon as he walks, the affected lower limb will have soreness and discomfort, and he has to stop to rest, and after a period of rest, the discomfort disappears, and he can continue to walk. Intermittent claudication can be caused by compression of the lumbar neuraxial nerve in the lumbar region or by vascular lesions in the lower extremities.

4. Arteriosclerosis of the lower limbs.

Arteriosclerosis occlusion of lower limbs is caused by the formation of atherosclerotic plaques in the lower limbs, resulting in narrowing and occlusion of the arteries of the lower limbs, which in turn leads to chronic ischemia of the limbs. The main clinical manifestations are coldness, numbness, pain, intermittent claudication, loss of arterial pulses, dystrophy of limb tissues, ulcers or gangrene of the toes or feet.

In life, I often hear some old people complaining that when they get old, their legs and feet are not good, and they hurt this and that. This is because the human foot, like other organs throughout the body, gradually undergoes degenerative changes as we age.

Foot pain in the elderly is a manifestation of degenerative changes. Especially for the elderly and frail, they usually walk less, the muscles of the soles of the feet become softer, and the subcutaneous fat becomes thinner, and the ground next to the bones of the feet when walking will naturally be painful. In addition to physiological degenerative changes, the following foot diseases are more likely to cause cruralgia, and the elderly should actively go to the hospital for examination** if it occurs, because it may affect normal walking if it is severe.

The elderly can take traditional Chinese medicine plasters for foot pain. Foot mask pain relief cream. External**, this ** is better and safer for the elderly.

Heel pain is a common disease in middle-aged and elderly people, which is manifested as soreness and pain in the heel and soles of the feet when standing or walking, and pins and needles in severe cases, making it difficult to walk. The main causes of heel pain are body fat, fatigue, cold and dampness or trauma, bone spurs, etc., resulting in heel soft tissue damage and calcaneal degeneration, or secondary aseptic inflammation. **The following simple and effective methods can be used for heel pain in the elderly.

Acupressure palm root acupoint: According to the theory of "pain is not passable, general is not painful", "upper disease is taken down, lower disease is taken up" and "according to right to left, left to right", the method of acupressure "palm root acupoint" can be used for elderly heel pain. The palmar root point is located between the palmaris longus tendon and the radial tendon of the palmar wrist striae**, that is, 1 cm below the Daling acupoint.

For example, if the left heel hurts, press the right "palm root point" and vice versa. When pressing, let the patient take a deep breath first, and the doctor presses on the acupuncture point with his thumb, and gently kneades it, so that the local soreness, numbness, swelling and pain sensation appears, and the operation is repeated several times, about 3 5 minutes. Do 1 time a day in the morning and 1 time in the evening.

Traditional Chinese medicine, vinegar foot soaking: take 10 grams of Wujiapi, 20 grams of miscanthus salt, 10 grams of Sichuan pepper, 3 green onions, decoction and smoke to soak the feet, 1 2 times a day, soak for 30 minutes each time; Or take 2 catties of aged vinegar, heat it to the degree that the feet can tolerate, soak it once a day, about 40 60 minutes, generally soak the feet continuously for 10 15 days, and the pain will gradually reduce. Drugs are taken internally and externally

Patients with heel pain can take drugs such as indomethacin, compound salvia tablets and Liuwei Dihuang pills; External application can be safflower oil or bone water, or musk bone ointment, etc., all of which have pain-relieving effects. In addition, local occlusion** or TCM acupuncture** can also be used. It is also believed that heel pain is related to increased pressure caused by blood stasis in the calcaneal vein.

If the patient with heel pain does not respond well to the above ** and is more severe, the doctor may consider local decompression surgery, and the pain may be relieved.

Elderly people often have heel pain, what is the reason for this? Experts combined with ** analysis, let's listen together.

Foot pain in the elderly is a common thing nowadays, especially after the age of 60, and various body functions will decline.

Now the elderly, every day is to get up early to go to the supermarket to buy vegetables, very hard, coupled with the change of the foot shape of the elderly, usually wear shoes for a long time, and the foot does not match, walking will aggravate the foot injury, which is why the foot hurts, especially at night before going to bed.

If the family's foot pain is severe, it is best to see the wear and tear of the bottom of the shoes you wear, and go to the hospital to take a film to check, go to the market to buy a pair of shoes suitable for the elderly, I bought shoes for the elderly for my family, which was recommended by a friend, and the family wore them for almost a month, and I felt okay, more comfortable than the shoes I wore before.

Of course, everyone's foot shape is different, you can take your family to the physical store to try it on, suitable for yourself to buy again, walking is not tired before, just buy the value.