What is best to drink for swollen ankles?

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asked Dec 19, 2023 in Diseases Conditions by thv2101 (2,960 points)
What is best to drink for swollen ankles?

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answered Aug 30, 2024 by Nashobas99 (2,860 points)
The best drink for swollen ankles is water.

When you have swollen ankles you should drink 8 to 12 glasses of water a day to help remove excess sodium and waste from your body which can lead to swelling in the ankles, legs and other parts of the body.

Swollen ankles can be a sign of kidney disease, kidney failure, heart failure or even just from not being active enough and causing poor circulation and fluid buildup.

Swollen ankles can also be a sign and symptom of being over weight, eating too much salty food, being pregnancy, taking certain medicines, taking blood pressure medicine, hormone therapy, contraceptive pills, antidepressants or steroids.

Swollen ankles can also be a symptom of deep vein thrombosis or blood clot or poor circulation.

When legs are swelling above your socks it can be caused by water retention or blood clots and deep vein thrombosis.

Your socks could be cutting off circulation to your legs which can lead to the swelling of the legs above the socks or it could be that you're not moving around enough.

Water retention can cause your socks to leave marks on your legs.

Swelling that is the result of water retention is generally benign.

It can cause general puffiness or swelling in the hands, feet, or face.

This symptom can occur when a person has been standing or sitting for too long.

Walking does help swollen legs and edema as walking helps promote blood circulation in the legs which helps to reduce the swelling.

Walking is good for edema and it's one of the most effective exercises that you can do to reduce leg swelling or edema.

Swimming and biking are also good for edema.

Edema is swelling caused by excess fluid trapped in your body's tissues.

Although edema can affect any part of your body, you may notice it more in your hands, arms, feet, ankles and legs.

ADH is a cause of edema as it's been shown that ADH is an indirect cause of the edema disease.

Edema means swelling caused by fluid in your body's tissues.

It usually occurs in the feet, ankles and legs, but it can involve your entire body.

Causes of edema include: Eating too much salt. Sunburn.

When your ADH is high you will produce less urine as urine production is less when your ADH levels are high.

And when your ADH level is low then your body produces more urine.

When your ADH levels are low it can be an indicator of a few different conditions such as you may have diabetes insipidus, polydipsia or damage to your pituitary gland.

Normal values for ADH can range from 1 to 5 pg/mL (0.9 to 4.6 pmol/L).

Normal value ranges may vary slightly among different laboratories.

Some labs use different measurements or may test different specimens.

Low levels of anti-diuretic hormone will cause the kidneys to excrete too much water.

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