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Does Excessive Salt Consumption Cause Edema?
Question: After eating a lot of salty food for dinner last night, I awoke with swollen ankles & feet I take 50mg of Metoprolol & 25 mg of simvistatin every night. I have also been diagnosed as having Reynard's disease.
Brief Answer:
I would recommend performing some tests:
Detailed Answer:
Hello!
Welcome and thank you for asking on HMC!
Regarding your concern, I would explain that your symptoms are not related to Reynaud disease.
I would recommend consulting with your attending physician and performing some tests to investigate for possible causes of fluid retention like heart failure, liver or kidney dysfunction.
So I would advice performing these tests:
- a chest x Ray study
- a cardiac ultrasound
- liver and kidney function tests
- an urine analysis
- an urinary tract echo may also be needed.
You should discuss with your doctor on the above issues.
Hope to have been helpful!
Kind regards,
Dr.Iliri
I would recommend performing some tests:
Detailed Answer:
Hello!
Welcome and thank you for asking on HMC!
Regarding your concern, I would explain that your symptoms are not related to Reynaud disease.
I would recommend consulting with your attending physician and performing some tests to investigate for possible causes of fluid retention like heart failure, liver or kidney dysfunction.
So I would advice performing these tests:
- a chest x Ray study
- a cardiac ultrasound
- liver and kidney function tests
- an urine analysis
- an urinary tract echo may also be needed.
You should discuss with your doctor on the above issues.
Hope to have been helpful!
Kind regards,
Dr.Iliri
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