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Symptoms of disease - Swelling of the ankles

Swelling of ankles feet - a fairly common phenomenon. Swollen suffer mostly women and full of people.

Manifest swelling of the fact that in the end of the day, especially in the heat, a little become swollen ankles, and when pressing your finger on the leg remains a patch of white. In the morning may swell and bad bend your fingers, it's better to refuse to wear rings. Depending on the severity of the swelling may develop a myriad of other problems.

The ankles swell up during sedentary, a sedentary lifestyle and overweight.

- This happens from the passengers after the long flight in an airplane, travel by car or train. To prevent this from happening, try the road through every 30-40 minutes to do at least a few steps, but in the long flight for people older than 40 years hurt to bind the feet and legs of elastic bandage.

- Try to lose weight. Big belly leads to the increase of intra-abdominal pressure and, as a consequence, pressure iliac veins, on which flowing blood from the lower extremities.

- Swelling of the ankles - a sign of the development of nephropathy in pregnant and require treatment.

"If ankles swelled only on one side, then the most likely reason in a thrombophlebitis of deep veins of lower extremities, and it is necessary to consult a qualified vascular surgeon. We can recommend more often sit, lifting his feet up, but it does not solve the problem.

- Swelling of the ankles may be temporary, passing, if you have chronic varicose disease of the legs. It is especially noticeable in the morning. In the afternoon, after the active walking, edema may disappear, but in the evening appear again. The condition can improve the wearing of tight tights, even better in the morning, not getting up from the bed, binding their legs elastic bandage.

- If at the same time with the ankles swelled ever, then this is a sure sign of a malfunction of the kidneys. Requires detailed investigation of them.

- If the swelling of ankles is accompanied by swelling of the abdomen, the appearance of vascular asterisks on his skin, jaundice, it makes itself known hepatic failure.

"If ankles swelled, the heaviness, with the slightest physical exertion pale skin, then the guilty heart - that is the work of heart failure. Should be treated by a cardiologist.

- Ankles may swell after administration of certain drugs, especially clophelinum, adelfan, rezerpina. To a lesser extent, from enalapril, captopril, prestarium. Edema can be caused by incorrect combination of some medications, such as simultaneous reception of enalapril and veroshpiron, captopril and альдантона. Better reception of enalapril, captopril, prestarium combined with the admission of furosemide (20 mg 1-2 times a week).

- A special case - swelling of ankles from injuries. In the ankle are complex joints in education, which involved a lot of bones and ligaments. It is well-developed vascular and neural network. Install the nature of the damage even the experienced traumatologist difficult. Therefore, in traumatic swelling of the ankles often offer to take x-rays.

Which diseases there is Swelling of the ankles

• Obesity
• Flat Feet
• The stagnation of lymph
• Metabolic
• Varicose veins
• Thrombophlebitis of veins of lower extremities
• Nephropathy in pregnant
• Injuries
• Heart failure
• Renal failure

Which doctor should I contact if there is a Swelling of the ankles

• Dietician
• Orthopedist
• Angiosurgeons
• Gynecologist
• Traumatologist
• Cardiologist
• Nephrologist

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