Your feet and skin are significant targets for liver disease, and when the liver is damaged, the whole body can be affected ...
Gait changes. Fallen arches. A whole new shoe size. Many women experience these transformations during pregnancy, but the phenomenon is rarely discussed outside the mom group text.
Edema can stem from a variety of medical conditions, including heart or kidney failure, liver disease, and lymphatic system ...
which is why legs and feet, where blood pressure is higher due to gravity, are commonly affected. There are two primary forms of edema - pitting edema and non-pitting (lymphatic) edema.
A doctor has warned of the symptoms of an unhealthy liver that can appear on your feet and should be a cause for concern ...
Dr Berg explained: "Pitting edema is where you press your finger into the lower leg and it leaves a dent and it just stays there." This simple test should take only a moment to perform.
At the 37-week visit, her weight gain showed 6 lb in 2 weeks, now with +3 pitting "lower leg" and pedal edema, blood pressure of 118/72, and negative urine protein. Again she was advised to ...
Dr Berg explained: "Pitting edema is where you press your finger into the lower leg and it leaves a dent and it just stays ...