What causes numbness on the soles of feet?

It is said that people’s legs age first. Indeed, many middle-aged and elderly people and even young people suffer from numbness in the soles of their limbs. In fact, this is related to various reasons such as cerebral vascular sclerosis and nerve damage. Therefore, once numbness of the soles of the feet occurs, you must pay full attention to it to avoid delaying the best time to treat the disease. After all, health is priceless, and nothing is more important than having a healthy body.

You should be careful about the cause of foot numbness. If both left and right feet are numb, the most common cause is cerebral vascular sclerosis. If only one side of the foot is numb, the most common cause is compression of the lumbar spinal nerves, followed by peripheral neuritis and peripheral vasculitis. Other causes include hypothyroidism, multiple neuritis, rheumatic heart disease, cor pulmonale, long-term alcoholism and smoking, severe liver and kidney diseases, etc. Injury, poor blood circulation in the toes, nerve damage, etc. can all cause toe numbness. Please consult an orthopedic doctor. You should pay attention to keeping the area warm, avoid smoking and drinking, and take medication according to the situation (such as drugs that nourish nerves or blood vessels. If you are worried, it is best to go to a neurologist or orthopedic doctor for examination.

If numbness in the hands and feet is caused by nerve damage, the choice of whether to use medication or surgical treatment should be based on the degree, scope, and nature of the nerve damage. Drug treatment is usually combined with acupuncture and physical therapy to promote rapid recovery. Multi-faceted minimally invasive treatment uses surgery to divert compressed nerves in order to relieve nerve compression and stimulation.

Numbness in the soles of the feet is caused by long-term skin friction, which leads to thickening of the skin, and is particularly a manifestation of blood circulation disorders in the human body. Therefore, you need to properly massage the blood on the soles of your feet to effectively promote blood circulation. There are many acupoints on the soles of your feet, which can obviously control various parts of the human body. Go to the hospital for a physical examination as soon as possible. Proper exercise can avoid obstructive problems in nerve conduction, which may require physical therapy or hot compresses to relieve. Soaking your feet in hot water before going to bed at night can effectively promote blood circulation in the body.

If the numbness in your hands and feet persists for a long time (more than a day) and cannot be relieved, you should see a doctor.

First, people with diabetes may experience numbness in their hands and feet. If numbness, soreness, or swelling often occurs in any part of the body, blood sugar should be checked promptly, especially for the elderly.

The second is numbness caused by drugs or chemicals. For example, when you have a cold or diarrhea, taking berberine or furazolidone will cause numbness in your hands and feet. Staying in an environment containing hydrogen, arsenic, carbon disulfide, etc. for a long time will also cause numbness in your hands and feet.

The third is numbness caused by neuritis. The most common symptoms of neuritis are numbness of hands and feet, muscle atrophy, and weakness in the limbs. If you have diarrhea or a cold for half a month, it will cause neuritis.

Fourth, numbness occurs scattered in the limbs. Numbness does not occur in the limbs at the same time, but occurs in a scattered manner. This means that local nerves are stimulated, such as a stroke after being drunk, coma causing stimulation of the head nerves, stimulation of the hand nerves by the elderly using crutches, upper limb numbness caused by cervical spondylosis, and leg numbness caused by stimulation of the lumbar shoulder nerves.

Therefore, there are many reasons for numbness in the soles of the feet, and various reasons will cause great harm to the patients. Numbness in the soles of the feet is likely to cause a lot of discomfort. If there are no other abnormal symptoms on the soles of the feet, then there is no need to worry too much. When facing this symptom, you can choose to go to the hospital for an examination first, and then get symptomatic treatment based on the results you get.