Swollen legs may or may not be a health problem. My very healthy mother had them and just got in bed and propped her legs up on the headboard for an hour at a time. If headboard isn’t padded, just put a pillow on it.
If you’re athletic, get on floor and elevate legs to couch or chair cushions.
Yeah, unfortunately it can be deadly. Any unexplained blisters on your legs too??
With unexplained blisters it is a sure sure sign of edema. I went through it last year, Lasix is a miracle drug, yet surprisingly cheap. Turned out I had congestive heart failure, which then caused atrial fibrillation, but the only symptom was swelling and blisters in my lower extremities and what I thought was shortness of breath. If I had gotten on the lasix quickly I’d have avoided months of suffering.
If you press your finger into your ankle, does the imprint remain? If so, that’s pitting edema, indicating likely kidney and/or heart issues. If your eyes and face swell overnight when you lie down, that increases the chances that it’s renal.
See your doctor ASAP.
You can temporarily relieve the swelling with TED stockings or OTC diuretics if your health allows.
If it happened in past 72 hours, doctor, now.
Don’t wait to call your doctor. Call 911 or have someone take you to the ER immediately. Your BP may be extremely elevated and you could be having a mild stroke or at very high risk of having one. Your BP needs to be brought down immediately.
Donate blood
They use to call it bleeding.
Get rid of a pint and make the body make more.
Meanwhile, move more and eateat less
heart failure and side-effects from certain medications are among the chief causes ... calcium channel blockers and ACE inhibitors are notorious for causing swollen legs ... get thee to a doc ASAP ...
Besides seeing a doctor you can try raising your feet up using pillows while in bed or if sitting make sure your feet are flat on the floor and you are in a comfortable chair and not dangling thereby cutting off the circulation.
Get a treadmill or stepper to get the circulation going.
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Classic sign of possible CHF
GO TO DOCTOR
I had swelling in my left leg that I ignored...until I ran up the stairs one day and experienced a DVT/PE event (Deep Vein Thrombosis/Pulmonary Embolism). I only learned several days later, after the ER had an ambulance take me 1.5 hours north, to a hospital that had a Critical Care Unit for a 3 day stay, that the mortality rate of 5% - 10% if you obtain medical care within an hour.
Lay in a supply of compression socks, to lessen the chance of a DVT and make an appointment with an M.D. Since that event, I have been taking Xarelto (a blood thinner) on a daily basis. It is still under patent, so no Generic is available. My company’s medical insurance covered all but $500 of the ER and hospital costs, which ran more than $200,000 dollars.
I first heard of this when a fit young woman, who had been in New Zealand for a SCUBA dive trip got off a plane in the U.K. and collapsed and died 15 steps after getting off the plane after a long, direct flight. The story had been carried on BBC News.
So check in. Are you okay?
That was my problem some time ago the Doc put me on a water pill and, now when I spend time on the computer while I’m on FR I prop my feet on top of my CPU and that helps. Gotto keep them up.
That was my problem some time ago the Doc put me on a water pill and, now when I spend time on the computer while I’m on FR I prop my feet on top of my CPU and that helps. Gotto keep them up. As a side note before resolution my legs looked like I was wearing knickers.
Clean up your diet, quit eating salt, sugar, fried food, processed meat such as bacon, lunch meat, sausage, quit drinking soda, diet soda, energy drinks, drink lots of water, walk. Your inflammation should subside.