The old people feel as if they are very sick when they hear of edema, but in fact, they are not. The treatment of foot swelling in the elderly is as follows: 1, many elderly people have poor circulation function, nothing during the day, a little swollen feet at night when washing feet, the next morning up this foot swelling and disappeared, basically regardless of it, this is a normal phenomenon; 2, drugs, the vast majority of elderly people taking hypertension drugs will appear slightly swollen feet, as long as they can tolerate it, but also basically regardless of it; 3, if If there was no swelling before, but now there is swelling, or if there was a little swelling before, but now the swelling is more serious and there is discomfort, you should go to the hospital to take a look. Because most of the diseases related to swollen feet are related to the heart, liver and kidneys, you can know if there are any organic lesions by going to the hospital for relevant examinations, such as blood test, urine test, ECG and ultrasound. If the examination is normal, mild edema can be treated without intervention; if there are heart, kidney and liver problems, timely treatment should be provided.