What Causes Fluid Retention And Chills In Legs?

Posted on Thu, 19 Mar 2015

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Question : i have type 2 diabetis, recently my feet and lower legs to my and encluding my knees are retaining to much fluid and I also got bad case of chills from it. what can I do about chills or what is causing it.is it my diabetis doing it. if so how can I get rid of chills.cant handle both

Answered by Dr. Ajish TP (3 hours later)

Brief Answer:
Please do the needed investigations

Detailed Answer:
Hi XXXX,

Welcome to HCM. Thanks for posting the question. I understand your concerns.

Lower limb swelling in diabetics can be due infection (cellulitis), kidney or cardiac disease, peripheral neuropathy etc. Chills is usually seen in infection. So is your leg swollen, warm and red? Then it is due to cellulitis.

I suggest you to consult a physician and do few blood tests:

Fasting and after food blood glucose, HbA1c, kidney function tests, calcium, phosphorus, albumin, urine analysis and CRP. This will give a clue on what is going on.

Regards
Dr Ajish TP

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar