How do I treat excessive water retention on my legs. I am a diabetic with high bp, aged 40 years, female. I take duovir, sepmax, forcan 50, oryl m and stamlo t daily.

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Hello, thanks for the query. Madam I have seen the details given. You are on multiple drugs, so it is very difficult to pin point why excessive swelling in lower limbs is present. However, it is necessary to control your blood pressure and maintain it around 120 to 130/ 70 to 80 mm hg. Plus we also have to look at how good the kidneys are functioning. So please check serum creatinine, urea, microalbuminuria and lipid profile. One important aspect is you are taking amlodepine for controlling blood pressure. This drug is known to cause pedal edema due water retention. That needs to be changed. If you have any questions, please do come back with all the above details. Thanks.

Prabhakar Laxman Jathar · Accepted Answer

Hello, thanks for the query. Madam I have seen the details given. You are on multiple drugs, so it is very difficult to pin point why excessive swelling in lower limbs is present. However, it is necessary to control your blood pressure and maintain it around 120 to 130/ 70 to 80 mm hg. Plus we also have to look at how good the kidneys are functioning. So please check serum creatinine, urea, microalbuminuria and lipid profile. One important aspect is you are taking amlodepine for controlling blood pressure. This drug is known to cause pedal edema due water retention. That needs to be changed. If you have any questions, please do come back with all the above details. Thanks.

Mohammed Zaid · Answer

First of all. You need to find out the cause for this edema. Is it postural or any other reason. You need to do a few tests urea. Creatinine. Urine microalbumin. Liver function tests (or just total protein and serum albumin) echo.