How to treat numbness in the lower limbs in the elderly?

Introduction: The health of the elderly is indeed not as good as when they were young, and the elderly often have a variety of chronic diseases, so it is especially necessary to pay attention to their daily physical state.

There are many reasons for numbness in the lower limbs in the elderly, but it is mainly a relatively daily condition caused by human aging. Mainly because of the poor flow of blood, coupled with the cold weather and other factors, resulting in numbness in your legs, such a phenomenon can be improved by wearing more clothes and then carrying out appropriate exercises. However, it may also be a sequelae left after some chronic diseases or some acute diseases**, and the numbness of the lower limbs of most elderly people is related to lumbar disc herniation.

Normal movement of the lower limbs is very important, and if there is numbness in the lower limbs, it is still necessary to seek medical attention in time.

There are many ways, but it is recommended that if there is frequent numbness in the lower limbs, and there is no other similar medical history, you need to go to the hospital for examination. Then during the examination, the doctor will tell you how to do itMost of the time it is done by oral medicine and acupuncture**。Because the physical recovery of the elderly is worse than that of the young, it is difficult to recover if the surgery is done at will.

However, I also saw some older people who were able to do many forms of exercise, and their health was good, and they were full of vitality. Therefore, it is still recommended to learn to prevent it in advance, and you can strengthen physical exercise and develop a good habit when you are about 50 years old. In this way, when you are old, you will have less pain.

The numbness of the lower limbs in the elderly is due to the lumbar spine caused by the aging and degeneration of bones, and the nerves compress the blood and block, so the numbness of the lower limbs occurs.

The most common causes of numbness in the lower extremities in the elderly are herniated lumbar discs and peripheral neuropathy. Lumbar disc herniation is a symptom of nerve damage caused by chronic degenerative disease of the lumbar spine in which the disc gradually protrudes backward and compresses the spinal cord or nerve roots. The most common are numbness, soreness and weakness in the lower limbs, and pain in the lower back.

Patients may have an MRI of the lumbar spine to determine if there is a herniated disc in the lumbar spine.

In the face of such a situation, the elderly should be taken to the hospital for a comprehensive examination, but also to carry out some thorough physical examinations, the use of drugs, and if necessary, the use of surgery.

If this happens, you should go to a professional hospital for **, and then you can also choose acupuncture or massage, and you should also strengthen exercise.

You should go to the hospital immediately, make an appointment with a doctor, and you should exercise more in your life, and you should do more ** exercise.

It is caused by impaired blood circulation due to holding one position for a long time.

1. Maintaining a fixed posture for a long time can easily cause poor blood circulation in the body, paralysis of nerve endings, and numbness in the hands and feet when the spine grows. In this case, as long as you move your hands and feet in time, you can return to normal in a short time.

2. Our body will have sensitivity to the outside temperature, and in the cold environment that exceeds the sensitivity of the human body, the sensory nerves of the hands and feet will fail, and the hands and feet will be numb and unconscious.

3. The elderly are often plagued by various chronic diseases, and there are many types of drugs taken by Yingling Tangerine, some drugs such as antihypertensive drugs, heart drugs, nerve sedative or paralytic drugs, in the case of taking too large a dose, or taking drugs for too long, will induce nerve endings, causing numbness of the limbs, generally starting from the hands and feet.

4 stroke, rheumatism, low blood and blood glucose, diabetes, vascular spasm and other diseases will cause the elderly to appear numb symptoms of hands and feet, in addition, if the elderly suffer from cerebral arteriosclerosis, on the one hand, the conduction speed of nerves will slow down, on the other hand, the local blood supply to the brain, the oxygen supply is reduced, and the central function is disordered, which will cause numbness of the corresponding limb parts.