How to Treat Edema

For how to treat edema, it depends on what causes edema, and different treatment methods are adopted according to different causes. There are one or more of the following methods for treating edema: 1. Treating the disease that causes edema, if kidney disease, kidney disease; if heart failure, the cause of heart failure. 2. Changing diet, especially to a low-salt diet, reducing the salt content in food intake, it is recommended that the daily salt intake be less than 6g or even less than 3 g. 3, the use of drugs, remove excess water in the body can use diuretics, commonly used diuretics are furosemide, spironolactone, hydrochlorothiazide, etc., according to different diseases to choose different diuretics. 4, raise the legs, after raising the legs can reduce the patient's legs, ankles, feet edema, it is recommended that a 30 minutes, 3-4 times a day.