What s the deal with leg weakness in the elderly?

Weakness in the legs and feet of the elderly is a common phenomenon, and many people don't take it seriously. Many elderly people, including their children, always feel that they are getting older and have no strength in their legs and feet. Actually, this is a wrong idea, and it just keeps dragging on, and the condition is getting worse and worse.

The common manifestations of leg weakness in the elderly are: after walking for a long time, the legs are as heavy and sore as lead, and even unable to continue walking, but resting for a few minutes will relieve a lot and be able to continue walking.

In fact, this situation is still very particular in medicine. Most of the symptoms experienced by patients are caused by "lumbar spinal stenosis". The nerve tissue that controls the activity of the lower limbs is hidden in the human spinal cord, with the increase of age, the degeneration of the intervertebral discs, the hyperplasia of the spinal ligaments, and the hypertrophy of the vertebral body and facet joints, which will cause the narrowing of the lumbar spinal canal lumen, which will not only compress the nerves, but also compress the blood vessels of neuronutrition.

After ischemia, the nerves cannot freely control the movement of the lower limbs, and the elderly will feel that the legs have no strength and it is difficult to walk. After resting, the nerve blood supply is restored, and you can walk again for a while. In medicine, this phenomenon is called "intermittent claudication", which is a characteristic and diagnostic manifestation of lumbar spinal stenosis.

Therefore, once this situation occurs, you can't just consider the cause of the legs, often do an MRI of the lumbar spine, and you can clearly see the spinal stenosis.

In this case, it is best to go to the hospital early**.

First, it is important to clarify whether the situation is temporary or long-term; If it is long-term, it is very likely to be due to calcium deficiency, middle-aged and elderly people are really a period of large loss of calcium, you can supplement calcium by drinking high-calcium and low-fat milk, eating more fish, etc., and in severe cases, you have to eat special calcium tablets.

Weakness in the legs in the elderly can be caused by a variety of reasons, including severe exertion, osteoporosis, cervical spondylosis, edema, etc.

1. Intense exertion: When the elderly exceed the physical load of the body in a day, it can lead to the accumulation of lactic acid in the muscles, resulting in weakness in the legs.

2. Osteoporosis: The elderly are very prone to osteoporosis due to calcium deficiency or changes in hormone levels in elderly women, and patients can show symptoms such as soreness in the waist and knees.

3. Weakness of the lower limbs of both legs, spinal cord lesions should be considered, such as spinal cord space-occupying lesions will compress the spinal cord, which can be manifested as weakness, weakness, easy fall and other symptoms of both lower limbs.

Due to age, the muscles of the lower limbs in the elderly have atrophy to varying degrees. At this time, after excessive walking, the patient will show symptoms of weakness and weakness of the legs. Patients can rest appropriately to avoid fatigue, and can reduce the symptoms of edema of the lower limbs and improve leg weakness by supplementing albumin and strengthening diuresis.

Pay attention to your diet. First of all, the diet of the elderly must be balanced and comprehensive nutrition, and also pay attention to the intake of oil and salt, not too much, there are many elderly people are very picky eaters that some vegetables and fruits are not particularly delicious, if this is the case, you can choose another way to let him use, in addition, because the elderly can also properly supplement some nutrition.

Finally, the food that the elderly usually eat should also pay attention to the softness and hardness, try to eat slowly, and do not overeat.

You can add some exercise at ordinary times, supplement calcium in time, and pay attention to a reasonable diet. Visit the hospital regularly for detailed check-ups.

You can take the elderly to the hospital for **, so that you can find the problem of weakness in the legs of the elderly, and you can also find the root cause for diagnosis and treatment.

In this case, the elderly should be taken to the hospital in time to do **, so that the right medicine can be quickly adjusted.

People's old legs decay first, and people's legs will definitely feel a little boring when they get older.

First of all, you must keep exercising, you will not be strong if you don't exercise your muscles, and it will be beneficial to go out for a walk often.

Secondly, it is necessary to supplement nutrition, if the nutritional supplement is insufficient, the nutrients consumed by daily activities can not be ingested, and can only consume the components of the body's tissues, the body function will be weakened, resulting in a variety of diseases, do not think about taking medicine to solve this problem, taking medicine can not make people fundamentally strong, can not supplement the necessary nutrients of the human body, usually pay attention to supplementing protein and various vitamins and minerals, eat more legumes, eat some meat and eggs in moderation, and eat more fruits and vegetables.

It is also possible that the loss of calcium is serious and the legs are weak, so drink more milk and other things to supplement calcium.

In this case, it is best to check the nervous system first, rule out the weakness of both lower limbs caused by nervous system diseases, and check the ion-related indicators in the blood to see if there is any weakness in the legs caused by hypokalemia.

Hello; The weakness of your mother's legs that you described and can't walk for a long time and have to rest for a while to continue walking, which is also a situation that many middle-aged and elderly people often encounter, maybe most people think that this is very normal, and they are old, but do you know that this kind of soreness and weakness may indicate an underlying disease--- arteriosclerosis occlusive disease of the lower limbs. The disease is characterized by insidious onset in the early stage, and once it reaches the middle and late stages, it will cause severe pain and even necrosis of the limbs due to severe ischemia of the limbs, and a considerable number of patients have to undergo amputation, which seriously affects their lives. Moreover, because this disease is often associated with coronary heart disease, diabetes mellitus and cerebrovascular disease, the incidence is very high.

So early detection and early ** are key. It is recommended that you take your mother to a major hospital with vascular surgery for color vascular ultrasound examination, and do not take detours to delay the condition. I wish your mom a speedy **.

Why does this happen when people age first in old legs? When the flow of qi and blood in the body slows down, the legs and feet first lack the support of qi and blood energy, and the leg muscles, muscles and bones, lack of qi and blood nourishment, will gradually degenerate, and the bearing capacity will decline and become weak.

So how to slow down aging?

It is necessary to strengthen the physique, nourish enough qi and blood, enhance the body's energy and yang, speed up the flow of qi and blood around the body and legs, unblock the blockage of the body and legs, and through the heat and sweating in the body, the body can be blocked garbage and cold and dampness with sweat discharged, for a long time, the body qi and blood run smoothly, and sufficient qi and blood can nourish the leg muscles and muscles and bones, becoming strong and powerful.