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Swollen Ankles - Articles
Swollen ankles - can they be prevented?
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Wise Woman Wisdom ..
Posted
Tue 03 Mar 2009 3:08pm
Q - Is there anything that is recommended for swollen ankles that develop during flights. I know that wearing flight socks, staying hydrated and moving about all help but I wondered whether there is any herb that can be taken to prevent the problem or that can be used to remedy it quickly so that your trip isn't spoilt? Many thanks - Rhiannon ( ...
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Natural Remedies For Swollen Ankles and Feet
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Natural Weight Loss Blog
Posted
Mon 11 Jun 2012 10:53am
Swollen ankles and feet occur when fluid is stuck in the spaces between your body cells. This normally occurs in the ankles, feet, and legs but it can also affect any area of your body. It can be very painful and if not treated right away, can cause permanent damage to your lower limbs.
Because your feet are so far away from your heart, it ...
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My Natural Health Remedies for My Swollen Ankle
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Doris C.
Posted
Wed 04 Aug 2010 8:57pm
While leaving for an island trip with my whole bunch of friends last week, I experienced some pain on the back of my heel. And since I was on a trip, I left most of my natural health remedies at home and had to bear with the limping for a few days.
My friends started to ask me if I had history of gout as my ankle was starting to swell then. ...
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Swollen ankles and feet
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Dr. Gabe M.
Posted
Wed 01 Oct 2008 8:12pm
3 Comments
Your leg muscles function as a second heart to pump fluid from your legs to your heart. When your leg muscles relax, the veins near them fill up with blood. When your leg muscles contract, they compress the veins and squeeze blood up toward your heart.
When you stand still, your heart has to work very hard to pump blood against gravity fro ...
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Lupus advances on swollen ankles and bathroom scales
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Lupus Adventurer
Posted
Sat 02 Apr 2011 3:49am
Weight at an all-time high
Some troubling symptoms have suddenly emerged with my lupus in the past few days. Only rarely were swollen ankles part of my past lupus experience, but suddenly my calves are thickened, my ankles have mild pitting edema, my abdomen is extremely swollen (and feels like a watermelon,) my prednisone moon fa ...
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Swollen ankles...
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groovychik007
Posted
Fri 02 Mar 2012 7:56am
I've been to the GP today about my swollen ankles. She agrees that it is water retesion and told me some things to do to help it such as just rotating the ankle a few times a day, go for a short walk and exercise.
I am already going to the stadium gym to find out about some light exercise so that should be ok.
Its not doing me much good sitti ...
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Do Swollen Ankles Mean I Have Heart Failure?
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ShapeUp ..
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Sun 24 Aug 2008 1:49pm
ANNOUNCER: If you've been diagnosed with angina, follow-up visits with your doctor will be necessary. How often you need to be evaluated will depend on the severity of the angina.
SPENCER B. KING, MD, MACC: You monitor the patient in several ways. One is from a symptom point of view, the patient must be their own physician in some respects. If th ...
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Don't Ignore a Swollen and Painful Ankle
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Dr. Andrew Schneider
Posted
Fri 25 Mar 2011 9:00am
I saw a longtime patient this week who came in because of a painful, swollen ankle for about two weeks. She didn't remember twisting it, but probably did. Or maybe, she said, it was a stress fracture . Took an x-ray and everything looked okay there.
Everything didn't seem okay though. She is an elderly woman and has a certain amount of swell ...
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Swollen feet and ankles
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Dr. Gabe M.
Posted
Tue 26 Aug 2008 4:03pm
2 Comments
Your leg muscles function as a second heart to pump fluid from your legs to your heart. When your leg muscles relax, the veins near them fill up with blood. When your leg muscles contract, they compress the veins and squeeze blood up toward your heart.
When you stand still, your heart has to work very hard to pump blood against gravit ...
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swelling under armpit and skin lower down left trunk to ankle swollen
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anil m.
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Mon 26 Oct 2009 11:22am
left arm pit stratched, then swelling during next couple days, rash breaks out both arm and legs . swelling and pain tremendious, from left armpit downwards. called ambulance, to hospital, introduction to wide range very strong anti biotics. swelling only increases and pain. after twodays they try steroids(intraveniously) swelling stops ...
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