Symptoms of foot neuralgia

The nerves of the foot joints are the more important part, and this tissue cannot have any problems, because we need to maintain walking and standing through the limb movements of the feet. If there is a problem with the feet, people's self-care ability will decrease. When foot nerve pain occurs, it is often distributed in local areas, with fever, chills, and muscle tissue changes. You need to go to the hospital for examination and reasonable treatment.

Symptoms and signs

Neuralgia and neuropathy after limb trauma, pain, hyperalgesia, and hyperesthesia after limb trauma; initial pain is limited to the trauma site or the distribution area of ​​the injured nerve, and then can extend to the entire limb; in addition to pain, there may be vasomotor disorders (initially vasodilation, the skin becomes warm and dry, and then vasoconstriction, skin edema, cyanosis, and coldness) and excessive or insufficient sweating, nutritional changes in the skin, subcutaneous tissue and muscles, osteoporosis, etc. You should go to the hospital for diagnosis and treatment, which may be radiation sympathetic dystrophy.

Medication

There are many treatments for neuralgia, which can be roughly divided into two types: non-invasive and invasive. Non-invasive treatments include medication, traditional Chinese medicine, acupuncture, physical therapy, etc. Suitable for patients with short illness course and mild pain. It can also be used as a supplementary treatment to invasive treatments. Invasive treatments include surgery, injections, and radiofrequency thermocoagulation.

Acupuncture therapy is very effective in treating neuralgia. If the pain is severe, 5 to 10 acupuncture treatments may be effective.

Family treatment measures

Active prevention

Learning how to sit, stand, and carry things correctly is the best way to prevent various types of neuralgia. Some different physical therapy methods can help you learn how to move properly to prevent pain attacks, and you can discuss treatment methods with a trained therapist.

Massage with an ice pack

Massaging with an ice pack can interrupt the transmission of signals along the nerve pathway and replace them with temperature signals, which can relieve pain.

Grow a beard

Men with trigeminal neuralgia can grow a beard to cover their face to avoid cold, as cold sometimes triggers pain.

Acupressure

Pressing the Hegu point on the large intestine meridian located between the webs of the thumb and index finger can relieve facial pain. Use the thumb or index finger of your right hand to press the point on your left hand for one minute, and then press your right hand. Do not use this point if you are pregnant.

To relieve chest and upper abdominal pain, you can press the Jianshi point of the pericardium meridian. Place your thumb between the two bones of the upper limb about 2 finger widths away from the center of the inner side of the wrist. Press hard 3-5 times for 1 minute, and then repeat the press on the other side. Pressing the Waiguan point can help relieve pain in the upper body. Place your thumb on the middle of the front end of the upper limb, 2 thumbs' width away from the wrist joint. Press for 1 minute, then repeat pressing on the other side, 2-3 times each time.