Pitted Adema

[sleeplessinky]

Hello I have sevre pitted Adema in my feet legs and calfs.  I have been checked for congestive heart heart they say negative.  I do have restless leg, which causes a sevre jerk through out my body.  What can be causing the pitted Adema

[Red_Star]

Rapid pitting recovery under 40 seconds - hypoalbuminemia:

• Impaired protein synthesis
– protein intake: starvation, kwashiokor
– absorption of proteins: malabsorption
– hepatic synthesis due to liver disease

• Increased loss of protein
– Skin loss:  burns, weeping skin diseases
– Urinary loss:  nephrotic syndrome
– Fecal loss:  bowel disease

Slow pitting time over 40 seconds - normoalbuminemic edema:

•Systemic venous hypertension
– Congestive heart failure
– Pericardial diseases, tricuspid valve disease

•Regional venous hypertension
– Inferior vena cava syndrome
– Venous thrombosis
– Lower extremity venous insufficiency

excerpt from Edema - Brad Anawalt, MDVA Puget Sound University of Washington

[gymdandee]

You said your heart is OK! How about your liver, and kidneys!
Horse chestnut extract Take 600 milligrams per day. Try it for 2-3 months if it helps keep using it! If it doesn't then try Pycnogenol 100 milligrams three times a day. You can buy these at any health food store.

First thing in the morning, walk as much as you can. After the walk, elevate your legs to 45 degrees for at least 30 minutes.
Always sleep with your legs elevated.  
Ask your doctor about wearing compression stockings!
Don't wear them to bed.