Why do I get rotten legs?

The disease known among the people as "old rotten legs" is mainly chronic skin ulcers in the middle and lower legs.

At the beginning of the disease, it may just be inflammation oozing out, and then ulcers will occur. The ulcers will not get better as time goes by, and the lesions will get bigger and deeper, and eventually the entire skin will be rotten.

The skin around the ulcer is affected, shrinks, turns black, causes eczema, peels off from time to time, and feels itchy.

In the front of the middle and lower leg, there are bones under the skin. Once an ulcer occurs, the bones will be exposed, and the surface will become infected, forming chronic osteomyelitis.

Some patients have been unable to recover for several years or more than ten years and have been tortured.

Why is it that long-term treatment of old rotten legs fails and the rotten legs never heal? Human beings walk upright, and the upward return of venous blood flow in the lower limbs must overcome the great gravity of the earth.

The secret is mainly the pressure difference between arteries and veins.

The former has high pressure and the latter has low pressure, so the blood flow direction naturally goes from high to low.

In addition, there are the squeezing effects of muscle contraction when the lower limbs move, as well as the venous valves located inside the veins.

Some people are born with weak vein walls, or too few venous valves, poor structure, and poor function; if they stand still for a long time, the muscle activity of the lower limbs is reduced, the muscle squeezing effect is insufficient, and the venous blood return of the lower limbs is blocked, causing intravenous pressure.

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Over time, the superficial veins of the lower limbs expand and thicken, and if they continue to develop, they will curl up into a ball, like a ball of earthworms coiled under the skin.

Patients often feel soreness and fatigue in their lower limbs, and some may experience edema on the back of their feet or ankle joints.

If left untreated, the skin on the lower legs and ankles will atrophy, become thinner, and become shiny, the hair will become sparse, the color will deepen and turn black, eczema will appear, and even ulcers will occur.

The harm to old rotten legs is mainly due to the increase in venous pressure in the lower limbs, which leads to changes in the dynamics of blood flow, blood blockage and phlebitis, resulting in slow blood flow, blockage, siltation, thickening of blood vessel walls, intimal hyperplasia, and lumen

Narrowing, thrombosis, causing ischemia, hypoxia and necrosis of local tissue, trauma to the skin and ulceration.

In view of the fact that many patients with old and rotten legs are aware of the dangers of old and rotten legs and fail to treat them in time, which brings them huge pain. The main harms of old and rotten legs are as follows; 1. Patients with old and rotten legs will appear in the early stage and have difficulty walking or even

The patient cannot walk, and the condition continues to spread, causing severe pain even when resting. In severe cases, the patient may be unable to sleep all night due to unbearable pain.

2. As the disease progresses, patients with old leg rot will develop pain and ulcers in the lower limbs, which can range from mild to severe intermittent claudication and skin necrosis in the lower limbs and feet.

3. If the condition of the old rotten leg further develops, ulcers may appear on the inner and outer sides of the calf, in front of the tibia, behind the tibia, and at the ankle. Necrosis may occur in the lower limbs, especially the feet, and the skin will become stiff and prone to ulceration, and

The wound can ulcerate and cannot be healed for a long time, and in severe cases, the patient has to undergo amputation and become disabled.

4. In the later stage, the ulcers on the old legs become larger and larger, and the ulcers on the old legs with infected bones should be treated as soon as possible.

A small number of ulcers that have not healed for many years and have cauliflower-shaped wounds are mostly symptoms of cancer. The ulcer may become cancerous, otherwise it will endanger the patient's life and cause serious harm.

Health care methods for old rotten legs: 1. Exercise moderately.

Due to arterial stenosis or occlusion, the limbs are already in a state of ischemia. Excessive activity of the lower limbs will further aggravate the clinical symptoms.

For example, if the distance of a patient's intermittent claudication is 1,000 meters, that is, symptoms will appear on the affected limb after walking about 1,000 meters, then he should stop after walking 500-800 meters, rest for a while, and then walk again. If he develops claudication after walking quickly,

Leg symptoms, then he should slow down his walking speed.

In short, it is necessary to put a certain amount of exercise load on the ischemic lower limbs without causing pain symptoms.

2. Eat a light diet.

Eat more fruits and vegetables, avoid high-sugar and high-fat diets, reduce cholesterol intake, and be sure to avoid spicy food.

3. You must quit smoking.

Nicotine and other harmful substances in tobacco can cause long-term spasmodic contraction of small blood vessels in the limbs, causing a sharp reduction in the blood supply to the skin, muscles and nerve tissues.

This effect will not only aggravate arteriosclerosis for patients with lower limb arterial stenosis or occlusion, but also cause severe ischemia in limbs that already have insufficient blood supply.

Disease classification: People prone to disease in vascular surgery: migrant workers, barbers, traffic police, surgeons and diabetic patients who are engaged in long-term standing and immobile occupations are the main patients. The director of the center reminds these groups to pay attention to the balance between work and rest and to move regularly.

Lower limbs, promote venous blood return.

The "Four Diagnostics" (i.e., looking, smelling, questioning, and cutting) are the basic methods of disease examination in traditional Chinese medicine and are an important basis for clinical syndrome differentiation and treatment of traditional Chinese medicine.

Physical examination method: The main diagnosis is based on the onset of disease.

Including limb pain, limb skin color and temperature, swelling degree, migrating thrombophlebitis, limb dystrophy, arterial pulsation, ulcers and gangrene, etc.

Color Doppler blood flow diagram is a non-invasive examination method. In addition, there are many examination methods such as microcirculation examination, X-ray plain film examination, arteriovenous angiography, CT examination, magnetic resonance angiography, and blood coagulation examination.

Characteristics of old rotten legs Experts say that the characteristic of old rotten legs is that it is difficult to close the wound for a long time, or even if it is closed for a long time, it is easy to relapse due to injury. It is a common and frequently-occurring disease in surgery.

This disease is often complicated by patients with varicose veins of the lower limbs. It is caused by long-term standing work or heavy burdens, skin injuries of the lower limbs, insect bites, eczema, etc. It is more likely to occur in the lower 1/3 of the calf, more on the inner side than on the outer side.

The disease recurs repeatedly, with itching and then pain, and then ulceration and wound formation. A few ulcers that have not healed for many years and have cauliflower-shaped wounds are mostly signs of cancer.