Edema and obesity can be distinguished by hand pressure, symptomatic manifestations, and laboratory tests.
1. Hand pressure: you can use your fingers to press the swollen parts of the body, if the pressed part of the depression, usually for edema, if the skin rebound after pressing, no change, then for obesity.
2 Symptoms: Usually edema develops quickly, within a short period of time, the limbs will become thicker and the stomach will become bigger, while obesity usually requires a period of time before physical changes occur. Edema occurs in the eyelids, limbs, especially the lower limbs, and abdominal edema, while obesity occurs in the thighs and stomach.
3. Laboratory examination: patients can be routine blood, blood biochemical examination, urine routine and other aspects of the examination, edema patients may be combined with hypoproteinemia, so in the test will be found in the albumin level is low, and obese patients due to the absence of nutritional disorders, the detection of albumin level is normal. If obesity is due to hormones, hormone levels can be tested.
It is recommended that patients seek medical examination, according to the cause of edema targeted treatment, in life to develop good habits, pay attention to monitoring the condition, regular review.