Swelling on the back of the feet is clinically known as depressed edema, depressed edema may be caused by heart failure or due to nephrogenic diseases, and the way to reduce swelling includes medication and alternative treatments.
1. Heart failure: the failure of heart function may lead to stasis in the circulation and edema of the lower limbs, which requires drug treatment, such as the use of diuretics such as furosemide and diclofenac to promote urination and reduce the cardiac load; the application of β-blockers such as metoprolol to inhibit the sympathetic nerves and improve the prognosis; patients in the acute stage may also require the use of digitalis to increase the contraction of the heart muscle.
2. Nephrogenic disease: Nephrogenic disease may also lead to fingertip edema, which also requires drug treatment, such as the use of captopril, chlorosartan, valsartan and other drugs to reduce blood pressure and reduce the renal load; the use of furosemide, diclofenac and other drugs for diuretic treatment; patients with end-stage renal failure can also be hemodialysis as an alternative treatment.
For the same symptom, patients with different physical conditions, different causes and different treatments should be standardized under the guidance of doctors. The above drugs should be used under the guidance of doctors, avoid self-medication.