Swelling of legs and feet during pregnancy is mostly related to poor blood circulation in the lower limbs compressed by the enlarged uterus, high blood pressure and other causes. Generally, it can be improved and relieved by daily care, physical therapy and reasonable medication.
1. Daily care. After pregnancy, as the fetus grows, it compresses the lower limbs, resulting in poor blood circulation in the lower limbs and causing swelling of the legs and feet. Usually recommended to reduce long standing and walking, avoid eating too salty food, eat more winter melon, watermelon and other diuretic food, drink more water, but also pay attention to elevate the lower limbs, appropriate activities to relieve the symptoms of edema.
2. Physical therapy. Swollen legs and feet during pregnancy can also be soaked in hot water or local use of hot towels, with local gentle massage, promote blood circulation to improve the symptoms of swollen feet.
3. Reasonable medication. If the symptoms of swollen legs and feet during pregnancy are more serious, we should go to the hospital to check whether gestational hypertension caused by high blood pressure, such as high blood pressure can take nifedipine and other drugs under the guidance of the doctor to control blood pressure, blood pressure stabilization can be relieved after edema symptoms.
Swollen legs and feet during pregnancy, but also to check whether it is heart disease, kidney disease and other causes of swelling, the need for specific causes of medication, can not be unauthorized use of drugs.