Edema during pregnancy may be due to poor venous return of the lower extremities, but also may be related to hypertension during pregnancy, can be relieved by elevating the lower extremities, dietary modification, drug intervention.
1. Poor venous return of the lower extremities: women in the late stages of pregnancy may be due to uterine enlargement, compression of the lower extremities will cause poor venous return, and then the formation of double lower extremity edema during pregnancy, at this time by elevating the lower extremities of the way, so as to improve the symptoms of edema.
2. Hypertension in pregnancy: If pregnant women have hypertension in pregnancy, it may also be combined with renal disease, thus causing proteinuria and generalized edema symptoms, at this time it should be adjusted in the diet, keep the diet light, don’t eat salty food, and at the same time, to treat the primary disease, lower blood pressure, choose furosemide and other diuretic drugs, improve edema symptoms.
It is recommended that pregnant women should be under the guidance of a doctor to determine which cause belongs to, and then do the corresponding treatment and treatment, not blindly use drugs.