Can people with brain hemorrhage soak their feet?

Patients with cerebral hemorrhage are best not to soak their feet, patients with cerebral hemorrhage belong to serious bleeding disorders. In the process of foot soaking may aggravate the condition, because the process of foot soaking, the patient’s blood pressure will rise, heart rate accelerates, inducing the possibility of rebleeding. For patients with cerebral hemorrhage causing hemiplegia, there is sensory impairment of the limbs, and foot soaking in the process can easily lead to skin burns, so try to reduce the dangerous operation. Some people believe that soaking the feet in hot water has the potential to increase blood circulation in the lower extremities and improve the patient’s limb movement. This understanding is one-sided because soaking the feet increases the riskiness mentioned above, and the benefits are smaller than the risks. Although patients with cerebral hemorrhage cannot soak their feet, they can do passive massage as well as rubbing baths to increase sensation in the hemiplegic limb to promote recovery of limb function.