Please share an interesting fact about dealing with swollen feet or ankles.

Ignore: Limiting your salt intake will usually help to reduce swelling

Ignore: Feet and ankles swell the most by days end. This is the best time to size footwear.

Ignore: If your heart is healthy the chances are it is not your heart causing the trouble.

Ignore: Eat a low sodium diet, elevate you feet when you can, and wear compression stockings when standing.

Elevating: Elevating the feet and reducing salt intake can help improve swelling of feet and ankles.

Ignore: Edema can be related to heart, liver, kidney, or nutritional disorders. Your doctor can help you.

Ignore: Elevation and compression stocking. See doctor to figure out reason for swelling.

Ignore: Elevated lower legs. Support stockings. Careful medical exams.

Ignore: Astronauts lose some weight because fluid does NOT go to their feet and ankles.

Ignore: Keep your legs elevated whenever possible. Check your weight. Decrease salt intake.

Ignore: In order to treat swelling in ankles, they must be elevated higher than the level of the heart.

Ignore: Wear compression stockings. Some medications & medical conditions can cause this. Work with your doc.

Ignore: 1) Get physical check-up to rule out serious medical problem 2) Keep legs up 3) Consider diuretic.

Ignore: Always inform your doctor of new onset foot and/or ankle swelling as this could be dangerous.

Gravity: Gravity is the enemy as is salt. Limit your salt intake and don't sit or stand stationary for long.

Walking: Walking is the best exercise for swelling. Compression stockings.

Ignore: Identify what the cause is. Could be: Heart Failure, Lymphedema, Venous Inssuficiency, Cirrhosis & +.

Ignore: Compression stockings help some patient. Important to have doctor evaluate for cause of swelling!

Ignore: Decrease your salt intake. Elevate your legs several times daily. Consider using compression socks.

Ignore: See a doctor if you have swollen as it could be a sign of liver,kidney ,heart or vascular insufficie.

Ignore: Elevating you feet is the easiest way to relieve swollen feet after standing on them all day.

Ignore: Elevating one's legs to heart level for awhile usually helps.