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Retaining water in my feet and ankles legs and stomach?

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Dr. Olakitan Akinjagunla answered

Specializes in Internal Medicine

See a doctor ASAP: Please see a doctor immediately as this could mean some serious ailment related to your heart,kidney or liver

Answered 9/15/2019

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I've been taking generic Lasix for several months and it isn't doing the trick. Is there an alternative medication? I've been battling water retention in my feet, ankles, and legs for quite a few years. My family doctor put me on Lasix several months ago,

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Why would i be rrally itchy exspecially in morning i itch every where like legs hands ear stomach thighs ankles modtly when i just wake up or in water but it will go on dramatically for like 35mins? But i have no rash of any kind?

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Why doesn't my Lasix work? I take 60mg of Lasix and i also take atenolol, spironolactone and k-dur. I am always swollen in my legs, ankles and top of feet. The water pills don't work every day like they should. I have hypertension, hypertensive cardiovasc

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How long should I wait to go to the doctor for the swelling? I take 60mg of Lasix and i also take atenolol, spironolactone and k-dur. I am always swollen in my legs, ankles and top of feet. The water pills don't work every day like they should.

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I am unable to control my bladder, primarily in my sleep? How can I treat it, I am so tired of always waking up in my urine, please help me. Urine is cloudy and smelly, my feet and ankles retain water, I have headaches/migraines, 32 yr old female?

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