Patients with peripheral neuropathy, skin feeling often encountered a problem and should therefore avoid all kinds of undesirable external stimulation. Hot
feet or for the elderly, there is also a temperature grasp the problem. Most of the long-term diabetes have emerged neuropathy, peripheral nerve can not
normally perceive temperature, and that patients with this disease often I do not know. In this case, their feet will be all too easy to cause scalding.
Diabetes feet or when the water temperature should not be too high, to 37 ℃ is appropriate. Because the water temperature is too high, easy to damage the
surface of the foot skin sebum film, so that even chapped dry cuticle. Therefore, before their feet or try a good temperature, can be gentle fingers, and
then his feet into the water. In addition, cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases are not suitably hot water in their feet because the high temperatures
accelerate the blood flow, a short time increase of the heart, blood vessels of the burden and increase the risk of illness; cold feet when the hot bubble is
also undesirable, because At this point the skin, muscle stiffness in the state, with hot water hot legs, sudden temperature from cold to hot, huge
temperature difference is difficult to tolerate, thereby increasing the disease.
Inappropriate to their feet immediately after a meal, preferably after a meal 1 hour and then soak. Their feet time for the elderly should not be too long,
generally 15 to 30 minutes is appropriate, during which the water can be added, but to pay attention to maintaining the temperature does not exceed 37 ℃.
After the wash the feet with absorbent towels and thoroughly dry Qingrou keep feet warm and dry, can foot massage, but the movement must be gentle. For dry
skin, use vegetable oil evenly apply on the feet, and gently massage to make it fully absorbed, in order to soften the skin, eliminate scales and prevent
cracking. Toenail trimming should not be too short, so as to avoid damage caused by secondary infection of a ditch.
Disable the irritating syrup feet or their feet or if it is medicine, it is best to use tubs or enamel basins, in order to avoid the effect of drugs greatly
reduced; for ulcerated wounds do not have their feet or foot from the observation of skin color, temperature, and humidity changes start, check for broken
skin, athlete's foot, calluses, etc. and found that skin ulceration of the foot should be in time to the hospital for treatment.
