Lead heaviness in the legs - this feeling is familiar to many. The legs swell and hurt both women and men for various reasons. Only by understanding them, you can take any measures. Edema is not yet a disease, but they are a signal of problems in the body. And to determine what exactly they are, experts must.
However, one of the reasons for swelling of the legs, and it first comes to mind, is uncomfortable and cramped shoes in general and high heels in particular. By evening, at least discomfort, or even pain, is not experienced by a rare woman who spent the whole day on a high stiletto heel. High heel shoes above five centimeters (according to doctors) are completely unsuitable for daily wear. Stagnation of blood and lymph, which occurs in the calf muscles, is the cause of edema. If your legs become very swollen by evening, then you should lie down so that your legs are above the level of the heart, under your own weight, blood and lymph flow from swollen legs.
Sometimes it’s enough to abandon high heels, make it a rule to change shoes during the day, and you can forget about edema.
But here you have changed shoes, do not go on stiletto heels, and again swollen legs. The reason may be in your lifestyle. Inactivity is the cause of many diseases. When you sit or stand at work all day, then naturally your legs get tired or “numb”. In ordinary life, it is difficult to follow the advice to raise your legs every half hour, however, periodically change the position of the legs, "dispersal of blood" is necessary. There are several effective ways, exercises for the calf muscles: to move from socks to heels and back several times, to stretch the muscles of the leg.
Absolutely contraindicated for people prone to swelling of the legs, socks and stockings with elastic bands, socks. Rather, they are suitable for stockings and tights from medical elastic knitwear.
If your legs are swollen, it may be due to poor nutrition. The use of salty and spicy in large quantities leads to fluid retention and, accordingly, to swelling. A salt-free diet and moderate fluid intake help reduce leg swelling. It is possible to take weak diurethins (diuretics), but only after consulting a doctor. Moreover, some products can perfectly replace medicines. The diuretic effect is possessed by garlic, cucumbers, white cabbage, apples, watermelons.
It is very useful for beauty, foot health, walking three to five kilometers a day and climbing stairs. As preventive measures against edema and pain in the legs, swimming and aqua aerobics can be considered.
If at the end of the day you have swollen legs, the reason for this, as it turns out, can be any. You can get rid of edema and pain and folk remedies. It’s good to make warm foot baths from a decoction of chamomile, sage, and horsetail before going to bed: 100 grams of dry grass is boiled in a liter of water, insisted for half an hour, filtered. The infusion is diluted in four liters of water. Ice rubbing, light foot massage, rubbing with olive oil and salt (dissolve one teaspoon of salt in a glass of oil) reduce swelling and a feeling of heaviness. The same effect is exerted by external medicines, various ointments and gels. But their effect is rather preventive.
Prevention is necessary, and it is always better than cure. But if every evening you notice that your legs are very swollen, the reason may lie in a problem with the heart, kidneys, and liver. Vein diseases: varicose veins of the saphenous veins, thrombophlebitis, phlebothrombosis - can be the cause of edema. Systematic, persistent and severe swelling of the legs is a symptom of serious disorders in the lymphatic system. In any case, a qualified consultation with a doctor is necessary, and maybe not one: only after a thorough examination, examination of the results of the analyzes, an accurate diagnosis and treatment appointment is possible.