Badly Swollen Legs And Feet

Youll usually feel pain with inflammatory disorders.

Badly swollen legs and feet. Foot leg and ankle swelling can also occur while taking particular medications. This swelling called edema can be caused by something as simple as being on your feet or sitting down for too long. Bilateral swelling is often due to cardiac or kidney problems.

The retention of water and blood can cause swelling in the legs. Other signs that swelling in your hands and feet may be serious are if it is coupled with a shortness of breath unexplained weight gain or nausea. Eating too much salty food.

If swelling on one leg only check for Deep Vein Thrombosis DVT. Sometimes our legs or feet become swollen and feel uncomfortable. Swelling in the ankles feet and legs is often caused by a build-up of fluid in these areas called oedema.

The following medications can also result in swollen ankles and feet in the elderly. Swelling in the ankles legs and feet is caused by an accumulation of fluid around the base of your legs. That swelling called edema strikes when fluid builds up in the feet and legs.

Swelling in the ankles feet and legs is often caused by a build-up of fluid in these areas called oedema. Diabetes medication called thiazolidinediones. If your legs are hanging down and not moving for.

You will need to first get your heart and kidneys checked. ECG Echocardiogram Urinalysis and Blood tests. Deep Vein Thrombosis can cause pain warmth and swelling in the affected leg and the foot of the affected leg.