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What Causes Pain And Swelling In The Legs?
Question: Have pretty severe edema in legs lower legs feet and knees. So swollen cannot bend legs. Goes away after being elevated for about an hour. But swell up again in about 60 minutes when I walk around. Have started Toresmide 5mg 1 tablet 3x a week. Should I drink a lot of water and or Gatordae to get Kidneys working better while taking this medicine?
Brief Answer:
Need to restrict water intake
Detailed Answer:
Hello,
You need to restrict the water and fluid intake, as plenty of water will counteract the medicine(Torsemide). The purpose of medicine is to increase the urine output and reduce the edema through excretion of excessive water.
Next thing is to find out the cause for it. It usually occurs due to kidney, heart or liver diseases. You should get an ECG, echocardiography, renal and liver function tests done to look for the cause. Further treatment can be directed according to cause.
Hope this helps you. Please get back if you have any doubts.
Regards
Need to restrict water intake
Detailed Answer:
Hello,
You need to restrict the water and fluid intake, as plenty of water will counteract the medicine(Torsemide). The purpose of medicine is to increase the urine output and reduce the edema through excretion of excessive water.
Next thing is to find out the cause for it. It usually occurs due to kidney, heart or liver diseases. You should get an ECG, echocardiography, renal and liver function tests done to look for the cause. Further treatment can be directed according to cause.
Hope this helps you. Please get back if you have any doubts.
Regards
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Dr. Arnab Banerjee
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