Edema

[Ojibajo]

I have sufferef from edema, mainly in my legs for about the past 6 years. They really never determined the origin of it. I have low to normal blood pressure and do not eat a high sodium diet. I wear full length prescription compression stockings (Sexy!) and take a water pill.

Now that I have been Dx'ed with MS I am wondering if there is any correlation. Does anyone else have issues with edema.

[Ojibajo]

Thanks for the discussion link I learned some thing new from Quix's post:

"Idiopathic = The idiots don't know the pathology!" -- I laughed my butt off at that one!

[jensequitur]

I have edema too, in my left leg, around the ankle.  I had a blood clot in my right leg in October.  I also have Reynaud's.  Weird, huh?  It makes me wonder if MS affects the vascular system.  They're thinking/theorizing that perhaps MS is the cause of CCSVI, rather than the other way around.

[figuerpa]

Glad you brought this up. I have had edema in my legs since about a year before my other symptoms started.

thanks ess for the link

Paula

[essdipity]

Here's an interesting discussion of some years back on this question--------

http://www.medhelp.org/posts/Multiple-Sclerosis/swollen-feet-and-ankles/show/588742

ess

[COBOB]

Interesting question.  I have had pretibial edema since 1988.   Pretibial myexedem (a complication of Graves Disease) was ruled out.  

Bob