Numbness of the soles of the feet and toes may be physiological phenomenon, may also be lumbar disc herniation, peripheral neuritis, pyriformis syndrome and other pathological causes, different causes of different treatment methods, common treatment methods are drug treatment, surgical treatment and so on.
1. Physiological phenomenon: If you squat for a long time, it will compress the blood vessels of the feet, so that the soles of the feet and toes appear numbness, which is a normal phenomenon, generally do not need special treatment.
2. Lumbar disc herniation: When the lumbar disc herniation presses on the spinal cord or nerve roots, numbness will appear in the feet, and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs can be used as prescribed by the doctor, such as meloxicam, diclofenac, etc., and also can be used as prescribed by the doctor to relax the muscles of medicines such as tizanidine, cloxacillin, etc., and the symptoms of serious surgical procedures can be carried out, such as intervertebral disc nucleus pulposus removal surgery.
3. Peripheral neuritis: glucocorticoids can be used as prescribed, such as dexamethasone, hydrocortisone, etc. Nutritional nerve medications, such as vitamin B1, vitamin B12, etc., can also be used as prescribed.
4. Pearly muscle syndrome: when the condition is serious, it may press the toe nerve, which leads to numbness on the soles of the feet or toes, and can be treated with prednisolone acetate, lidocaine and other medicines as prescribed by the doctor, and the symptoms are serious enough to undergo exploratory surgery.
Specific treatments need to go to the hospital to confirm the diagnosis and follow the doctor’s instructions to choose, do not unauthorized use of drugs, stop or change drugs.