When edema occurs, the kidneys maintain the body. When a person consumes too much sodium, the kidneys reduce the concentration of sodium in the body.
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Why should you pay attention to the appearance of edema?
Dr. Sergey Agapkin declared that a common cause of edema is salt consumption. How does salt affect and why should we pay attention to the appearance of edema, when should we immediately see a doctor, and should we take diuretics?
And Dr. Agapkin points out in a TV program that excessive salt intake (the physiological norm for salt consumption for an adult per day is 5 grams), leads to a deficiency of magnesium, calcium and potassium in the body, which leads to the development of various diseases.
According to him, people who have a tendency to have edema should reduce their salt intake by 2-3 grams per day and give up eating fast food because it contains a large amount of hidden salt.
Also, the cause of edema can be chronic venous insufficiency, which is characterized by a disturbance of the outflow of venous blood from the lower extremities.
For his part, Dr. Oleg Kutenko, chief nephrologist at the Moscow Ministry of Health, indicates that the cause of edema can be problems in the internal organs.
“When edema occurs, the kidneys keep the body in check. When a person consumes too much sodium, the kidneys reduce the concentration of sodium in the body,” he says.
According to him, renal edema is characterized by swelling of the face and then spreads to the extremities. The important thing here is that the edema caused by excessive salt intake is not accompanied by additional symptoms, and the person should perform a urine analysis.
Cardiovascular diseases are also attributed to the causes of edema, as edema develops in this case gradually from a few weeks to 2-3 months.
In this case, the doctor stresses not to take diuretics because they can lead to blood clots.
He points out that edema may indicate a disorder of the functioning of the thyroid gland, and says: “When the function of the thyroid gland decreases, myxedema develops.”
And for your information, when pressing on the edema caused by thyroid gland diseases, there is no trace of the pressure left because it has a high density.