Common causes of edema include physiological edema and disease factors. If it is physiological edema, you can try to elevate the edematous parts and exercise appropriately to help recovery; if it is caused by disease factors, you need to diagnose and treat it in time.
1. Physiological edema: often caused by gravity, female pregnancy, physiological period of hormone fluctuations, or prolonged compression, etc., generally to the lower extremities of the legs, ankles, edema, not accompanied by other discomforts, pregnancy, physiological period and other periods of time, or to elevate the edema parts, increase the activities can be relieved.
2. Disease factors: often caused by heart failure, venous thrombosis, nephritis, malnutrition, etc., edema is common in the eyelids, face, lower limbs, etc., which can be accompanied by local pain, decreased urine output and other symptoms, which requires timely medical attention to determine the cause of the disease for treatment.
Therefore, if the edema symptoms are mild and not accompanied by special discomfort, you can try to exercise, elevate the limbs to observe whether there is any improvement, if the edema persists, accompanied by other discomforts, you need to consult a doctor in a timely manner.