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swelling of feet


Sent to Health Experts August 03, 2006 9:11 a.m.
My wife has started to experience swelling of here feet after coming home from work. She is not overweight, but is taking high blood pressure medication. She has stopped her intake of salt and is eating small portions of meals. She was never a big eater, anyway. She is 48 and going through menopause, so I was wondering if there is correlation that will eventually subside or there might be other factors involved.

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cutting out salts and putting ice on in the evenings
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August 03, 2006 9:17 a.m. (6 minutes and 50 seconds later) 		REPLIED Check Mark
Hello,
Swelling of feet can occur after if there is prolonged standing or when there is legs are hanging as in sitting in a chair for prolonged periods.
Has this been happening recently?
How is the blood pressure right now (within a few days)?

Edited by haloprecious on August 3 2006 at 9:19am
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Sent August 03, 2006 4:22 p.m. (7 hours and 4 minutes later)
The blood pressure is fine, but lately there been more standing involved with my job. My job as a document cooordinator involves sitting and standing when I do filing. I'm concerned with the fact that I have been doing this type of work for years and just all of a sudden the past month this has come up.
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August 03, 2006 4:40 p.m. (18 minutes and 37 seconds later) 		ACCEPTED Check Mark

what your wife is experiencing is called EDEMA and can be brought on by many factors. You have listed the salt intake reduction and this is good. The feet need to be raised in order to help as well. Special stockings can be worn to help with the problems associated with this.

Diabetes should be checked as a cause also.

You may find more in depth information at

Edema

Edema ll



Edited by 4ren6 on August 3 2006 at 4:42pm

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