After lumbar disc herniation surgery, for middle-aged patients in their 50s who experience symptoms such as calf cramps, you may want to consider appropriate calcium supplementation.
Lumbar disc herniation, generally referred to as lumbar disc herniation, is a degenerative disease of the spine. It is usually caused by degeneration of the lumbar disc, partial or total rupture of the annulus fibrosus, and protrusion of the nucleus pulposus to irritate or compress the nerve root. Lumbar disc herniation alone is not directly related to calcium.
After the age of 50, especially women, after menopause, the level of estrogen decreases rapidly, which affects the absorption of calcium, thus causing calcium deficiency, and after middle age, people’s body functions have begun to gradually decline, and there may also be a calcium deficiency phenomenon.
Calcium supplementation can be considered if the patient experiences cramps in the calf muscles, bone and joint pain, low back pain, etc., as well as physical fatigue. The dosage of calcium supplementation should be applied under the guidance of a doctor, and should not be over-supplemented.