Comments on: Water Retention in Legs | Natural Remedies for Water Retention http://www.tandurust.com/online-health-tips/water-retention-legs-natural-remedies.html Home Remedies, Natural Cures, Treatment, Causes, Symptoms Sat, 11 Feb 2012 05:22:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: PUPhttp://www.tandurust.com/online-health-tips/water-retention-legs-natural-remedies.html/comment-page-1#comment-7017 PUP Mon, 05 Apr 2010 12:58:18 +0000 http://www.tandurust.com/?p=3674#comment-7017 Swollen legs, or edema of the ankle joint, and lower legs have many causes; - Overweight, - hypothyroid, - filariasis, - certain cardiovascular disease, - kidney disease, - liver cirrhosis, Local cause in the ankle and legs are boils and abscess, varicose veins, certain drugs causing water retention. Since the edema is not reducing even after taking diuretics, let me know your weight, if you have excess weight try to reduce it. Thyroid test will help in detecting hypothyroidism. Reduce salt intake. Control fat intake. Keep your legs under the pillow, while lying down on a bed. Even after all this precaution and preliminary cure, if the swelling does not reduce, a physician opinion is valuable. Swollen legs, or edema of the ankle joint, and lower legs have many causes;
- Overweight,
- hypothyroid,
- filariasis,
- certain cardiovascular disease,
- kidney disease,
- liver cirrhosis,

Local cause in the ankle and legs are boils and abscess, varicose veins, certain drugs causing water retention.
Since the edema is not reducing even after taking diuretics, let me know your weight, if you have excess weight try to reduce it. Thyroid test will help in detecting hypothyroidism. Reduce salt intake. Control fat intake.
Keep your legs under the pillow, while lying down on a bed.
Even after all this precaution and preliminary cure, if the swelling does not reduce, a physician opinion is valuable.

]]> By: L Zhttp://www.tandurust.com/online-health-tips/water-retention-legs-natural-remedies.html/comment-page-1#comment-1200 L Z Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:48:45 +0000 http://www.tandurust.com/?p=3674#comment-1200 I am avoiding sodium as much as possible, and I have cut out caffeine. I drink an average of 6 liters of water a day cardio 5x a week, oh, I am a 42 year old female, not on any birth control. I am going to the doctors tomorrow and would like a strong diuretic to help with the retention. Any advise you can give me would be very appreciated. I am avoiding sodium as much as possible, and I have cut out caffeine. I drink an average of 6 liters of water a day cardio 5x a week, oh, I am a 42 year old female, not on any birth control. I am going to the doctors tomorrow and would like a strong diuretic to help with the retention. Any advise you can give me would be very appreciated.

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