What is the cause of foot swelling

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Old people's health is often very poor, because the bones are not as hard as before, so they often don't move. Some people have a bad diet, and some old people are more picky about food, so there will be more physical problems. Let's take a look at the causes of old people's swollen feet? Many elderly people have swollen feet. Some people's feet are swollen like steamed bread and can't walk. After finding out the cause, we can help them to do treatment in time. Let's see what causes the elderly's feet.

What is the cause of foot swelling

First: if the elderly often do not eat or eat less, it is easy to cause digestive function weakening, so it is easy to cause edema, so the elderly diet must be on time and according to the amount, can't do too much, can't eat too little, in order to ensure the health of the body.

Second: if the swelling of the feet of the elderly is severe, it is likely to be caused by endocrine disorders. If endocrine metabolic disorders cause swelling of the feet, the general situation is also relatively serious. We should go to the hospital in time for examination and prescribe some drugs for treatment, so as to cure the disease of the elderly.

Third: if the elderly foot swelling, is likely to suffer from kidney disease, so we must pay attention to it, can go to the hospital to do a test, if the systemic edema, the risk of suffering from kidney disease is greater, must be treated in time, if not treated, it is likely to develop into uremia.

matters needing attention

Elderly people with heart disease can also cause foot swelling, which is also a big problem. At the beginning, many people didn't pay attention to it. When the situation is serious, it's too late to pay attention to it again, so we should go to treatment in time after the foot swelling.