Pitting edema

Do you know about pitting edema? Do you know what it is? When it comes to edema, everyone should understand that it means that when we press on our body, there will be depression. Many edemas have this phenomenon. The most common one is renal edema. When such a situation occurs, we must pay attention to it in time, know what is going on, find the cause of the edema, and treat it in time.

There are many causes of pitting edema, the most common of which are caused by some diseases. If such edema occurs, it means that there are some diseases in our body and it must be treated in time. Let us further understand the situation of pitting edema.

Causes

(1) Cardiogenic edema: congestive heart failure, constrictive pericarditis, etc. caused by various causes such as rheumatism, hypertension, syphilis, and various lesions of valves, myocardium, etc.

(2) Nephrogenic edema: acute glomerulonephritis, chronic glomerulonephritis, nephrotic syndrome, pyelonephritis renal failure, renal artery sclerosis, renal tubular disease, etc.

(3) Hepatic edema: cirrhosis, liver necrosis, liver cancer, acute hepatitis, etc.

(4) Nutritional edema: ① Primary insufficient food intake, seen in hunger caused by war or other reasons (such as severe famine); ② Secondary nutritional edema is seen in a variety of pathological conditions, such as secondary insufficient food intake (menstrual anorexia, lack of appetite during serious illness, gastrointestinal diseases, vomiting during pregnancy, mental and neurological diseases, oral diseases, etc.); digestion and absorption disorders (insufficient digestive juice, intestinal hypermotility, reduced absorption area, etc.); excessive excretion or loss (large-area burns and exudation, acute or chronic blood loss, proteinuria, etc.) and impaired protein synthesis function, severe diffuse liver disease, etc.

(5) Edema caused by connective tissue diseases: common in lupus erythematosus, scleroderma and dermatomyositis.

(6) Allergic edema: such as serum sickness.

(7) Idiopathic edema: This type of edema is a syndrome with unknown or undetermined causes (there may be more than one cause). It is more common in women and is often related to the menstrual cycle.

(8) Others: anemic edema, toxic edema caused by pregnancy.

diagnosis

It is often differentiated from hidden edema clinically. Before obvious pitting edema appears, the fluid in the tissue space has increased, but there is no depression when pressing the local area. This condition is called "recessive edema". This is because the liquid is absorbed by the gel network in the interstitial space and becomes bound water in a gel state. Only when the interstitial fluid increases and the interstitial fluid pressure rises from -0.87kPa (-6.5mmHg) to above 0kPa (0mmHg), will the free water in the interstitial space increase significantly.

prevention

1. Lymphatic circulation exercise

To tighten your upper arms, massage the lymph glands first to allow the accumulated water and metabolic waste in the hands to drain away, making your arms slimmer. The basic rule of massage is to stimulate from the wrist to the base of the arm. Don't use too much force, just use a gentle friction level. In addition, the elbows are also where lymphatic vessels are concentrated and must be carefully maintained.

Action 1: Sit on a chair, lightly clench your left fist, and tap the outside of your right hand, stimulating from the wrist to the base of the arm. Switch arms and tap, stimulating each side 3-5 times.

Action 2: Grab the outside of your right arm with your left hand, from the wrist to the base of the arm, and slowly stimulate upwards by grasping and relaxing. Switch arms, and grasp each side 3-5 times.

Action 3: Place the thumb of your left hand on the inside of your right elbow and press gently for about 10 seconds. Then switch to the other hand. The inner side of the right elbow is rich in lymph nodes, and gentle pressure can promote the circulation of stagnant lymph fluid.

Action 4: Take a dry and soft towel and place it on your shoulder. Slowly wipe from the outside of your arm to the back of your hand, then from your palm through the inside of your arm to your armpit. This simple towel cycle is different from the above hand massage. It focuses more on the "circulation of qi" in the arms. Rubbing with a towel can make stagnant arm energy flow smoothly, accelerate metabolism, and effectively eliminate edema and fat.

2. Acupuncture

1. Acupuncture treatment: 1. Yangshui, Lieque, Hegu, Pianli, Yinlingquan, Weiyang. 2. Yinshui, Pishu, Shenshu, Guanyuan, Fuliu and Zusanli.

2. Moxibustion treatment: Acupoints: Shuidao, Shuifen, Sanjiaoshu, Bladdershu, Zusanli, Sanyinjiao, Qihai. Yang Shui adds Feishu and Hegu. Yin Shui adds spleen Shu and kidney Shu.

Pitting edema is caused by many causes. When this happens, we must be able to diagnose it in time to see what is going on. We must take timely prevention and treatment measures. Some edema will still have a certain impact on our physical health and daily life. Everyone should pay attention that a reasonable diet is very important.