There can be a huge number of causes for swollen feet, but not all of them are serious. Even a completely healthy person at least once in his life noticed a slight swelling of the legs, and more often the feet. And that means the question: “My leg is swollen, what should I do?” interests almost all of us.
Most often we come into contact with this as a result of our injuries. It was unfortunate that you fell or slipped, but now your leg is already swollen. What to do now: go to the doctor or try to cope on your own? If you have a sprained foot or a sprained ankle, then treating swollen feet will not help in this case; you will need the help of a qualified traumatologist. Once the injury is removed, the swelling will go away on its own.
There is another reason for swollen legs - prolonged exposure to the sun. Here, too, no treatment is needed and there is no reason for your concern.
It’s completely different if leg swelling starts to bother you constantly. And now is the time to get alarmed and ask your doctor: “My leg is swollen, what should I do?”, showing the results of your tests. There are many reasons for swollen feet, and only a doctor can determine which one is right for your condition.
Sometimes swelling appears completely unexpectedly. For example, few people know that a long-term diet leads to swelling of the legs. This happens due to insufficient protein in your body, which is why fluid can be retained in the tissues and cause swelling. As soon as you restore normal power supply, this problem will be resolved automatically.
It may also be that the legs become swollen as a result of an allergic reaction to any medications or food or insect bites, or even to cold. Once the source of irritation has been eliminated, the swelling immediately goes away without treatment.
If you have a question: “I twisted my leg, it’s swollen, what should I do?” And if you know that you do not have a dislocation or fracture, then you can try to treat your leg at home. A popular decongestant is flax seeds. Pour 1 teaspoon of seeds into a liter of water and boil for 15 minutes. When you remove the broth from the heat, let it sit for about an hour to get flaxseed jelly. Consume this jelly no less than a liter per day for one month.
It is constantly necessary to do foot baths. You need to prepare a decoction of horsetail and chamomile and dilute it with warm water.
This recipe also helps: mix one glass of olive oil thoroughly with one teaspoon of salt, you can also add a little lemon juice. This mixture should be rubbed on your feet when swelling appears.
Our grandmothers also treated swollen legs with bran. To do this, wheat bran was diluted in milk and the paste was applied to the legs and left until completely dry. Then they washed it off with warm water and claimed that all your swelling would go away in no time!
If you are concerned about swelling during your pregnancy, first of all try to consume less salt. Try to be on the move more. Do exercises for your feet during the day, and a light massage in the evening. At night before going to bed, try rubbing your feet with pieces of ice from chamomile or sage infusion, they are decongestants.
Consult a doctor in such cases
In this case, treatment will be identified due to the cause of your swelling. The main task of treatment is to identify the causes of tumors on your legs and correct therapy.
You can also read this useful article: “Why do my legs swell?”
Each of us wants his dog or dogs to be healthy, never get sick or injured. As they say, prevention is easier than cure. Especially in this day and age when everything is so insanely expensive. It seems that we are doing everything for this: we vaccinate, monitor nutrition and education, and carry out deworming on time. And suddenly, for some reason this always happens unexpectedly and very quickly, you discover that the dog’s muzzle is swollen.
First, don't lose your calm. It is clear that if a dog’s muzzle is swollen, then it will look, to put it mildly, rather scary. Sometimes the swelling is so severe that the eyes become swollen, and the size of the head visually doubles. Don't panic, it's not all that scary. First of all, pay attention to the animal's breathing. In some cases, swelling interferes with normal breathing, the dog begins to choke, and develops pronounced cyanosis. Here, of course, there is no time to hesitate. It is urgent to administer intramuscular prednisolone (or some other corticosteroid), adrenaline or subcutaneous atropine and urgently take the dog to a veterinary clinic.
If the swelling does not spread to the larynx, start giving antihistamines, for example, suprastin, tavegil, fenkarol, diazolin and diuretics. But you will still have to see a doctor, even if the dog becomes objectively better. It is necessary to find out the cause of the swelling and develop a plan for further examination and treatment. Be sure to find out what exactly your dog is allergic to. Often the cause of such an allergic reaction can be dry food, plant pollen, chemicals that we often use in everyday life (bleach, dishwashing detergents, floor detergents, washing powder and any cleaning products).
As a rule, if a dog has a swollen muzzle, the first thing to do is rule out an allergic cause. Swelling can also be caused by insect bites, which are especially dangerous in the neck and muzzle area. Usually the swelling spreads very quickly throughout the entire face, the eyes become swollen, and severe itching appears. Without timely treatment, symptoms of edema may worsen, leading to death. For example, anaphylactic shock also causes severe swelling and often causes the death of the animal.
Severe tissue swelling can be caused by various injuries and bites of other animals. Try to remember, maybe the dog got into a fight with someone, or was hit hard. Swelling in a dog's face can be caused by dental problems, dental diseases, abscesses and inflammation of the cervical lymph nodes. Sometimes triple injections give a very good effect: analgin, suprastin, papaverine. Well, and of course, treat the root cause.
Please tell me, maybe someone has also encountered such a problem? What did you do when your dog's face was swollen?