Leg swelling needs to be relieved by general treatment, physical therapy, medication or surgery according to the specific cause. Common causes include excessive exercise, varicose veins in the lower limbs, edema in the lower limbs, lumbar spine disease, and so on.
1. Excessive exercise: Excessive exercise of the lower limbs leads to the accumulation of local lactic acid, which can have symptoms of leg soreness and pain, generally relieved after rest.
2. Varicose veins of the lower limbs: varicose veins of the lower limbs can cause leg swelling, you can use elastic bandage, medical elastic stockings for compression, so as to relieve the symptoms. Secondly, sclerotherapy can be injected into the varicose veins. If the condition is more serious, you can choose surgical treatment, such as vein stripping, vein ligation and so on.
3. Lower limb edema: Lower limb edema may be due to cardiogenic factors, liver and kidney diseases, such as cirrhosis, heart failure, renal insufficiency, etc. Diuretics, such as hydrochlorothiazide, furosemide, etc., can be used, and also need to actively control the primary disease.
4. Lumbar spine diseases: lumbar spinal stenosis, lumbar intervertebral disc herniation and other diseases, due to the nerve root, spinal cord is compressed, may also lead to leg swelling, can be the lumbar hot compresses, massage and other physiotherapy, can also be taken orally methylcobalamin and other nutritive nerve medication, if necessary, you can choose to surgically remove the nucleus pulposus of the intervertebral discs, so as to improve the symptoms.
If the cause of leg swelling is different, the treatment is also different. If it is not relieved after resting, it is recommended to go to the hospital in time to improve the examination, to clarify the cause of the disease, and then follow the doctor’s instructions to take standardized treatment. The above medications should be used in accordance with the doctor’s instructions, and should not be used indiscriminately, so as not to lead to adverse consequences.