What should I do if my hands and feet are swollen?

Sometimes when we take off our shoes, we will find that our feet are swollen. If we press them with our hands, a pit will appear that will not disappear for a long time. This situation often occurs in some women because they wear high heels for a long time. In addition, if your job requires standing for long periods of time, swollen feet are more common. So in life, some friends not only have swollen feet, but also swollen hands. What should they do?

1. Eat more diuretic foods

As mentioned above, edema in the feet may be a warning signal from a physical disease, including poor kidney function. Excess water in the body cannot be excreted, thus accumulating in the feet and forming edema. As we all know, our body mainly excretes water through urination. Therefore, once the kidney function is not very good, we must first solve the root cause of edema, the kidney problem, so that urination can be smooth. So how can we better promote diuresis and reduce swelling? We need to eat some more diuretic foods, such as mung beans that people like to eat in summer, and winter melon also has a good effect of reducing swelling and promoting diuresis. Develop a habit of eating these foods regularly. It can effectively prevent and relieve foot edema.

2. Keep soaking your feet

Many people think that this method is not suitable and will aggravate foot edema. How can it reduce swelling? In fact, soaking feet can reduce swelling because the fluid concentration in the edematous part of the human body is higher than the concentration of foot soaking water. Therefore, according to chemical principles, high concentration flows to low concentration. Therefore, soaking feet in hot water can effectively relieve foot edema. Therefore, in order to reduce swelling, once we suffer from foot edema, I suggest that you must insist on soaking your feet every day. Be careful not to use too hot water to soak your feet, as it may cause burns and aggravate the symptoms of edema.

3. Pay attention to exercise

If you accidentally suffer from foot edema, you can actually use exercise therapy to treat it. You should exercise more often, especially pay attention to foot movements, such as running (jogging), taking walks, and of course, you can also do some foot massages. Foot exercises can promote blood circulation in the feet, thereby accelerating the excretion of water in the body and relieving edema symptoms, but remember not to do strenuous exercise.

4. Get enough sleep

Ensuring adequate sleep is also a good way to reduce swelling. Especially do not stay up late at night, because staying up late will disrupt the body's metabolism. As we all know, the body's metabolism requires the participation of water. Therefore, once the metabolism is disrupted, the body's water metabolism will be abnormal. Water cannot be excreted from the body in time, and accumulates in the body and in the feet, which will cause foot edema. Sleeping at night is a normal behavior of the human body. We must ensure adequate sleep and not stay up late.