Calf swelling in young people may be caused by physiological and pathological reasons, such as kidney disease, cardiac insufficiency and so on.
1. Physiological reasons: after standing for a long time or sitting for a long time, the blood circulation in the lower limbs decreases, resulting in a large amount of blood staying in the lower limbs, which cannot return to the heart in time, and swelling of the lower legs can occur.
2. Pathologic causes:
(1) Renal insufficiency: decreased glomerular filtration function and tubular concentration dysfunction caused by primary or secondary renal diseases, leading to urinary retention, resulting in swelling of the calves, if you check the urine routine, you can find protein in the urine and increased foam in the urine.
(2) cardiac insufficiency: for example, right heart failure, elevated venous pressure, capillary pressure is susceptible to gravity, interstitial fluid will accumulate in the low hanging parts, can appear double calf edema.
Young people with swollen calves can also be seen in other causes, it is recommended to consult a doctor in a timely manner, follow the doctor’s instructions for further examination, with the help of the doctor to clarify the cause, and targeted treatment or therapy.