A woman with swollen legs and a pit when pressed often refers to sunken edema of the legs, which is a type of leg edema, and the severity of which may vary due to different causes and symptoms of edema and cannot be generalized. It is recommended that women can make a comprehensive analysis and judgment based on the causes and symptoms of edema to determine the severity. I. Physiological factors: During the woman’s pregnancy, menstruation, lactation and other special periods, due to abnormal fluctuations in the level of endocrine, may produce abnormal metabolism of water and fluid, resulting in the situation of leg sunken edema; if the woman stays seated for a long time, leg blood circulation is poor, leg edema may also occur. Usually physiological edema is not too serious, and can be relieved after the end of the special period or after a little activity, so there is no need to worry too much. The pathological factors: pathological factors caused by leg edema are generally more serious, need timely medical examination and treatment. 1, lower extremity thrombosis: If a woman’s lower extremity blood vessels exist thrombosis, the blood can not flow normally, there may suddenly appear leg edema, usually unilateral leg swelling, the skin is red or even become blue-purple, there will be leg pain, low fever and other performance; 2, kidney function abnormalities. Kidney function abnormalities are more common diseases that cause women to develop leg edema, mostly due to most kidney diseases, such as nephritis, kidney failure and other kidney function abnormalities, so that patients with abnormal fluid metabolism caused by depressed edema in the legs, often accompanied by oliguria, anuria and other urine changes; 3, cardiovascular function abnormalities: such as heart failure and other diseases, due to abnormal heart function leading to abnormal blood circulation system, so may cause women to have leg edema, often accompanied by weakness, chest tightness, chest pain and other discomfort; 4, liver function abnormalities: women with liver insufficiency will mostly have abnormal protein synthesis, resulting in hypoproteinemia, which may also lead to abnormal metabolism of water and fluid, leg edema, often accompanied by anorexia, nausea, loss of appetite and other performance; 5, endocrine abnormalities: due to abnormal hormone levels in women’s bodies 5, endocrine abnormalities: due to abnormal hormone levels in a woman’s body, resulting in abnormal metabolism of water and fluid, resulting in leg edema, usually accompanied by menstrual periods or changes in menstrual volume, emotional instability and other manifestations. If the edema often occurs in the calf and ankle of a woman, the skin will be lightly depressed after pressing and will return to normal sooner, which is usually not serious; if the edema also occurs in the leg from the knee up, and the depression is deeper after pressing and not easy to recover, even accompanied by generalized skin shining, oozing and fluid in the abdominal cavity and other symptoms, it means that the leg edema has been more serious. If a woman repeatedly has leg edema, or more serious leg edema, it is recommended to identify the cause in a timely manner and treat the cause to avoid delaying the condition.