Patients with cerebral infarction can soak their feet, but pay attention to the water temperature can not be too high, foot soaking time should not be too long.
Cerebral infarction is one of the common cerebrovascular diseases, patients with this disease can soak their feet, however, when soaking feet, pay attention to the water temperature can not be too high, generally not recommended more than 40 ℃, soaking time should not be more than 30 minutes, otherwise it may be due to the expansion of lower limb vascularity, so that the cerebral blood perfusion is reduced accordingly, increasing the risk of recurrence of cerebral infarction, acute cerebral infarction patients may have a worsening of the condition.
In addition, if patients with cerebral infarction have been bedridden for a long time and have not carried out massage and activities of the lower limbs, there may be deep vein thrombosis of the lower limbs, and it is recommended that they try not to soak their feet in hot water to avoid the dislodgement of thrombus, which may cause pulmonary embolism and threaten the patients’ lives.