What to do if you have lumbar disc herniation and edema

When lumbar disc herniation is more serious, some inflammatory reactions may occur, and edema will occur. The impact on health is relatively large. If an inflammatory reaction occurs, it must be treated in time. At this time, conservative methods are generally adopted for treatment. By using some external plasters to achieve the effect of relaxing muscles and activating blood circulation, acupuncture, massage and other methods are also used for treatment. If the condition is more serious, surgical treatment can be adopted.

What to do if you have lumbar disc herniation and edema

So what should we do about edema caused by lumbar disc herniation? If the patient's symptoms of lumbar disc herniation are severe, it will compress the nerves and cause neural edema. This symptom can cause great pain to patients, so we should actively take effective measures to treat it. For patients with mild symptoms, it is best to adopt conservative treatment methods, such as external application of plasters to relax muscles and tendons, and combined with physical therapy methods such as acupuncture, massage, acupressure, and electric shock. For patients with more severe symptoms, physical therapy has very limited effectiveness, so it is best to treat it through surgery.

Prevention of edema caused by lumbar disc herniation is also very important.

In our daily life, we must pay attention to the protection of the lumbar spine. We should not sit or stand for long periods of time. For those who need to work at a desk for a long time, we should arrange the rest time reasonably. It is best to rest for ten minutes every hour. In daily life, patients should actively participate in physical exercise, which can promote blood circulation throughout the body and has a very good effect on preventing lumbar disc herniation.

There are also many things to pay attention to when it comes to lumbar disc herniation and edema.

After experiencing this symptom, patients must pay attention to rest and avoid physical labor to avoid aggravating the symptoms. In their daily lives, patients can take Chinese medicine to relax muscles and tendons, reduce swelling and relieve pain, such as Strychnos nux vomica, earthworms, and Chinese earthworms. This can effectively relieve the patient's symptoms and is also of great help in the treatment of the disease.

In short, we must correctly understand the causes of lumbar disc herniation edema and learn the correct treatment and prevention methods. After the onset of this symptom, patients can adopt physical therapies such as massage, acupuncture, massage, electric shock, etc., and also pay attention to care in daily life so that the body can recover as soon as possible.