Do you know what is the disease of swelling all over the body?

After getting up in the morning, I suddenly felt my eyes were swollen and my face was swollen. After a careful check, I found that my whole body was swollen. Don't worry too much. It is possible to experience swelling all over the body before your period, which is not necessarily caused by illness.

Classification of general edema

Edema is often a signal of heart disease, liver disease, kidney disease, endocrine disease and other diseases, but some edema is not a manifestation of disease, but a physiological reaction.

Idiopathic edema

Some women between 20 and 40 years old often experience mild swelling of the eyelids and face after getting up in the morning, and pitting edema or tightness in the lower limbs. Gradually alleviate and subside with activity. Most scholars believe that it is related to neuropsychiatric factors and autonomic nervous system dysfunction.

Reactive edema

Some people, especially those who work in high temperatures or who are overweight and inactive, are affected by the high temperature of the environment, which causes the blood vessels in the skin to expand, and body fluids to penetrate and accumulate in the subcutaneous tissue, often causing edema in the hands and feet. After summer, it will disappear on its own. But it will happen every summer and recur for many years.

Postural edema

Standing, walking, squatting or sitting for a long time may cause edema due to obstruction of blood return in the lower limbs and congestion. After a period of time after changing the body position, the edema will subside and disappear on its own.

Premenstrual edema

Some healthy women experience mild swelling of the eyelids, backs of hands, ankles, and even lower limbs, as well as irritability, insomnia, fatigue, and headache a week or half a month before menstruation. When menstruation comes, edema and other symptoms may gradually subside.

Drug-induced edema

If you use drugs such as adrenal cortex hormones, testosterone, androgen, insulin, thiourea, licorice, etc., it may cause swelling of the face, hands, and feet. The swelling will gradually subside after stopping the medication.

There is no need to worry about the above-mentioned edema, and there is no need to use medicine indiscriminately. However, if the edema is caused by a disease, appropriate treatment is required according to the disease.