O treatment for edema in the legs é miscellaneous The depend on the cause.
When edema is caused by the person's posture throughout the day, legs down or standing or during gestation, one can benefit from the use of compression socks, available up to below the knee or up to the thigh. In other cases, lymphatic drainage can facilitate the return of lymph and improve swelling.
Physical exercises such as walking, jogging or any other that stimulates the muscles of the calf favors the return of the blood to the heart and help reduce the edema.
Raise your legs, by putting a shim under the foot of the bed so that the whole body is tilted, also helps.
An healthy diet with moderate use of salt and alcoholic beverages in addition to maintaining proper weight for height help prevent edema in the legs.
To the pathological causes and related to clinical conditions such as heart failure, hepatic insufficiency, renal failure, thrombosis, etc., should be supervised. by the doctor who will investigate the original cause of the edema in the legs and indicate the specific treatment, since once the clinical condition improves, there will be an improvement of the edema.
