A 42-year-old member asked:
What are the causes of occasional swelling of ankle?
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Dr. Jeffrey Bowmananswered
40 years experience
Ankle swelling: Many things can cause occasional swelling from standing to long to let blood pool by gravity to medications high blood pressure and many others. How often do you consider occasional?
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Dr. Sourendra Rautanswered
Orthopedic Foot and Ankle Surgery 20 years experience
Many causes: There are many causes for ankle swelling, if this swelling is associated with pain, inability to weight bear, instability, weakness or fever/chills, investigation by your pcp or orthopedist is warranted.
Frequent causes:
ankle arthritis
ankle sprain
gout
joint infection
tendonitis
fracture
leg edema secondary to fluid overload.
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A 35-year-old member asked:
What causes a swelling ankle to stop swelling?
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Dr. Michael Milleranswered
Wound care 38 years experience
Water and gravity: Our bodies have a large amount of water needed to keep organs functioning. The vessels that carry the fluids are not perfect and they can leak. Also, our tissues have a certain amount of water to stay moist and pliable. Gravity works to pull the fluids down towards the feet even in healthy people. It will worsen as the day progresses. Treatment is compression socks/elevation. Avoid water pills.
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Last updated Jul 5, 2018
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