To relieve foot numbness, it should be treated according to the cause. Common causes mainly include physiological factors, cervical spondylosis, diabetic peripheral neuropathy, lumbar disc herniation and so on. Different causes, its treatment methods are different, mainly general treatment, drug treatment and so on.
1. Physiological factors: If the numbness of the feet is caused by standing for a long time or being cold for a long time, resulting in poor local blood circulation, no special treatment is needed, and the symptoms of numbness of the feet will be relieved soon through appropriate activities and paying attention to keeping the feet warm.
2. Cervical spondylosis: If it is due to cervical spondylosis, resulting in local nerve root compression, caused by numbness of the feet, can be targeted at the local massage, traction and other physical therapy to improve local blood circulation. With the application of B vitamins, methylcobalamin and other nutritive drugs to promote the restoration of damaged nerve function, relieve the symptoms of numbness.
3. Diabetic peripheral neuropathy: If you suffer from diabetic peripheral neuropathy, resulting in damage to peripheral nerves, caused by numbness of the feet, you can apply metformin, acarbose and other hypoglycemic drugs to control blood sugar. With the application of methylcobalamin, adenosylcobalamin and other nutritive nerve drugs.
4. Lumbar disc herniation: If the foot numbness is caused by the compression of local nerve roots by the herniated disc due to lumbar disc herniation, vitamin B1, methylcobalamin and other neurotrophic drugs can be applied to alleviate it. If the symptoms are serious, then we need to consider surgical treatment, such as nucleus pulposus removal surgery, open surgery and so on.
When the symptoms of foot numbness, after excluding physiological factors, should be as early as possible to seek medical treatment, follow the doctor’s instructions.