High blood sugar caused by leg swelling may be diabetic nephropathy, diabetic lower limb vascular disease, diabetic cardiovascular disease and other diseases caused by the need for targeted treatment under the guidance of a doctor, such as general treatment, drug therapy.
1. Diabetic nephropathy: when the symptoms of leg swelling appear, you need to limit the intake of sodium, with oliguria or anuria, you need to limit the intake of water, with elevated blood pressure, you can use captopril to treat the situation, and dialysis is needed when there is severe renal insufficiency.
2. Diabetic cardiovascular lesions: long-term poor control of blood glucose can cause cardiovascular lesions, when the emergence of heart failure can lead to lower limb edema, diuretic drugs can be used to treat, such as furosemide, spironolactone, etc., but also the use of positive inotropic drugs, such as digoxin and so on.
3. Diabetic lower extremity vascular disease: lower extremity deep vein thrombosis can appear symptoms of leg swelling, need to use heparin, warfarin and other drugs for anticoagulant therapy, also need to carry out thrombolytic therapy, such as catheter thrombolysis.
Hyperglycemic patients with leg swelling are recommended to go to the hospital and be treated under the guidance of the doctor.