Recently, some media reported that Ms. Liu, a 46-year-old woman from Wuhan, was not suitable for everyone due to improper footbath, resulting in the rupture of the aneurysm and finally the invalidation of rescue treatment. Department of skin diseases in patients with special attention.
Four types of people should not foot bath
1, for patients with lower extremity arteriosclerosis obliterans: For such patients, lower limb ischemia, cold limbs, hot feet have no use in. These patients with atherosclerosis, flexibility was significantly reduced, hot feet And can not expand the hardening of occluded blood vessels, but increased ischemia, and even necrosis. If the patient did not pay attention, or can not find the cause, will eventually face the consequences of amputation.
2 varicose patients: the main cause of varicose veins varicose veins.Foot foot, foot temperature increase will only increase the local blood flow, can not change the speed of venous return, but may increase the burden of venous return, leading to varicose veins The further expansion of the veins, exacerbation of lower extremity congestion, aggravating the condition.
Diabetic patients: diabetic foot is a common complication of diabetes, in which patients with neuropathic diabetic foot can show the leg foot cold, cold, so hot feet can easily become a comfortable choice.But Once a neuropathy is present, the patient's sensory feedback mechanism for pain and water temperature fails, so patients tend to heat water constantly, even if they have been severely scalded.
4, Cardiovascular and cerebrovascular patients are not suitable for foot bath: high water temperature will make the nerve stimulation of telangiectasia, high temperature will speed up blood flow, increase the burden of cardiovascular in a short period of time, aggravating the risk of illness.
Foot bath has a 'three no' 'twice'
After three meals should not immediately after dinner foot bath foot bath is the choice of many people, but beware, due to the stomach after digestion of blood supply, foot bath will drain the blood to other parts of the body, in order to avoid lead to indigestion, it is recommended One hour after meals and then feet.
Do not read the bath feet, watching TV watching TV when the bubble feet, read newspapers and magazines is very comfortable, but in fact this is not a good habit.Reading, watching TV need to focus on the brain to focus on blood supply, the foot of the temperature perception Also poor, it is recommended to listen to some light foot bath music, relax.
Soak your feet do not sleep immediately before going to bed soak a foot is a lot of people choose, after the end of the bubble we will think the body warm, covered quilt sleep more directly to keep warm, in fact, the end of the bubble, the temperature did not fully reach the body , At this point it is recommended to do some simple foot and leg massage, so that heat spread to the whole body, so sleep in winter so warm.
Mostly people like to use very hot water in winter, but the temperature is too high, it is easy to make the blood vessels expand too much and the reflux is too much. The dizziness and swollen head are easy to appear. Therefore, the temperature of soaking feet is suggested to be about 45 ℃.
Length of time Sometimes we listen to music when we soak feet unconsciously soak for half an hour, or even longer, but too much time will not only lead to foot reflex too much blood reflux, dizziness, swollen, but also the skin Not good, prone to local skin dryness and other issues, 20 to 25 minutes.
