What to do about swollen, heavy calves

The treatment of swelling and sinking of the calf needs to be based on different diseases, choose specific treatment methods, clinically there are several common: 1, muscle fatigue in the calf area, if there is usually no discomfort, just recently after the exercise of swelling and sinking, considering that it is caused by muscle fatigue, it is recommended to use local hot compresses, together with the use of anti-inflammatory and analgesic drugs, such as oral diclofenac, fuchsin ointment for external use.2, Middle-aged and elderly patients due to gradual degenerative changes in the knee joint, serious manifestations of pain around the knee joint, mild osteoarthritis of the knee joint manifested as swelling and sinking of the calf, it is recommended to use anti-inflammatory and analgesic drugs, nutritive articular cartilage medication for treatment. 3, if the calf is swollen and sinking, accompanied by lumbar pain, considered to be the lumbar intervertebral disc herniation caused by the need to take nutritional nerve medication, Elimination of nerve edema drugs for treatment, it is recommended to go to the orthopedic department for professional diagnosis and treatment.