Prevention of acute lower extremity ischemia

What are the prevention methods of acute lower limb ischemia? Let’s learn more about it: 1. Avoid smoking and alcohol, because nicotine in tobacco can cause vasospasm and aggravate tissue ischemia. 2, pay attention to the affected limbs to keep warm, especially the extremities, and keep dry, avoid cold and wet stimulation, so as not to cause vasospasm, aggravate the limb ischemia and hypoxia. But also not local hot compress, so as not to increase the local oxygen consumption, aggravate tissue ischemia. 3, diet should be light, eat more food rich in fiber, limit the intake of stimulating food, reduce the factors that cause vasospasm. Rest and exercise should be moderate, avoid maintaining the same posture for a long time to avoid venous stasis. 4, eat less or do not eat sticky food, such as rice noodles, rice cakes, sesame sugar and so on, to keep a relaxed mood, with full of passion, full of energy to live, study, work, found in the early stage of the disease patients should be timely diagnosis to the hospital, and active treatment, early detection, early treatment. 5, preventive foot care is very important. Patients should observe their feet daily for cracking, calluses, corns and ulcers. Calluses and corns should be treated by a podiatrist, and the feet should be washed daily with slightly warm water, mild soap and gently dried. 6, for dry and scaly skin need to use lanolin and other emollients, moist feet need to use a mild drug-free puff powder. 7, toenails need to be cut flush, but not too close to the skin. Patients should change socks daily and avoid wearing tight garters and walking barefoot.