What to do if your feet are numb after lumbar disc herniation surgery

Lumbar discs? Especially biting, don't skip sleeping, for fear that your hands will be bad, the operation will not be good, and it will be easy to be paralyzed in bed.

For intervertebral disc herniation, the small needle knife cannot make the herniated disc disappear, so it cannot be passed by the small needle knife**,.

Most of this consideration is that after the lumbar disc herniation surgery, there is still some local compression of the nerve, and it is not excluded that it is caused by other local nerve entrapment. You can also go to the traditional Chinese medicine hospital to do acupuncture and moxibustion conditioning, or soak your feet with mugwort leaves, which can help clear the meridians.

The benefits of lumbar intervertebral disc herniation surgery are mainly that it can alleviate uncomfortable symptoms and prevent aggravation of the condition, but there are also certain drawbacks, and complications and the possibility of ** may occur, so patients need to choose a regular hospital for surgery.

1. Benefits: Lumbar intervertebral disc herniation surgery can remove the herniated tissue, thereby reducing the volume of the intervertebral disc, relieving the pressure in the disc, reducing the compression of the neurospinal cord, relieving the symptoms of limb pain, numbness, weakness, etc., and the effect is better.

2. Disadvantages: Lumbar intervertebral disc herniation surgery is a minimally invasive surgery of jujube, and the tissue that can be removed is limited, so if the patient is still tired or overtired for a long time after surgery, there will still be the possibility of aggravation of the disease. In addition, if the blood vessels or nerves are damaged during the operation, symptoms such as numbness and muscle weakness in the lower limbs are likely to occur.

Postoperative patients should do a good job of nursing, maintain healthy living habits in daily life, focus on light, healthy nutrition, pay more attention to rest, avoid strenuous exercise and overwork, and consult a doctor in time if unwell.

The treatment methods for leg numbness caused by lumbar disc herniation include traction, dehydration, and taking drugs to nourish nerves, traditional Chinese medicine to invigorate qi and blood, etc., as follows:

Clause. 1. Traction: The gap between the intervertebral foramina is increased through lumbar traction, and the compression of the nerve root is relieved, and the symptoms of leg numbness can be alleviated.

Clause. 2. Dehydration: The application of dehydrating agents, such as horse chestnut seed extract tablets, horse chestnut sodium, etc., can eliminate the edema of the nerve root through dehydration, relieve the squeezing of the nerve root, and relieve leg numbness.

Clause. 3. Drugs to nourish nerves: commonly used drugs like neurotolepine, methylcobalamin, vitamin B1, adenosylcobalamin, etc.

Clause. 4. Eat traditional Chinese medicine that invigorates qi and invigorates blood: Traditional Chinese medicine believes that hemp is qi deficiency, and wood is damp and phlegm and dead blood, so it can be used with drugs that replenish qi and activate blood, such as Codonopsis, Astragalus, Angelica, Chuanxiong, Safflower, Peach Kernel, etc.

It should still be compressed and the sciatic nerve is radiated.

The problem of sacroiliac joint displacement was not resolved.

Problem Analysis:

In this case, if it is surgery caused by lumbar disc herniation**, and there is numbness for a long time after surgery, it should be numbness of the lower limbs caused by permanent damage to the nerves, and it generally cannot be recovered after more than half a year.

Suggestions: It is recommended to re-examine ** to observe the local recovery after surgery, if the recovery is smooth, only the numbness of the feet should be caused by the damage of the cauda equina nerve. Usually do physiotherapy, hot compresses, acupuncture and other **** to improve as much as possible.