What to take for calf pain in the elderly

Elderly calf pain can be given according to different causes of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, nutritive nerve drugs, anticoagulant drugs, blood circulation and blood stasis Chinese patent medicines and other treatments, the more common causes of neuropathy, vascular lesions, overexertion, as well as myofasciitis and so on. 1. Neuropathy: mostly seen in lumbar spine diseases such as lumbar disc herniation, sciatica caused by pyriformis syndrome, etc., and its innervated calf can be painful, you can take the relevant nutritive nerve drugs, such as methylcobalamin, vitamin B1, etc., and the pain can be given to the pain relief treatment of non-steroidal drugs such as ibuprofen. 2. Vascular lesions: the more common lower extremity venous thrombosis, phlebitis, varicose veins, etc., you can take warfarin, clopidogrel and other anticoagulant drugs. 3. Excessive exertion: mostly seen in exertion, strenuous exercise, etc., is due to the accumulation of lactic acid caused by physiological pain, generally can be relieved after rest. 4. Myofasciitis: aseptic inflammation of the calf muscles and fascia due to cold, exertion, etc., oral ibuprofen, celecoxib and other non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs for pain treatment. There are other causes of elderly calf pain, such as trauma, knee arthritis, etc., if the rest does not relieve, it is recommended to go to the hospital in a timely manner to improve the auxiliary examination, in order to clarify the cause of the disease, in accordance with the doctor’s instructions to standardize the treatment, can not be blindly applied by themselves the above medication, so as not to cause adverse consequences.