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1) Fluid on the legs, called edema, is usually a symptom of disease elsewhere in the body. Often, cardiac disease (heart trouble) is the cause. Other times it might be a kidney condition..
2) The legs are swollen and tender. If anyone pokes a finger into the swollen area, the area compressed does not immediately swell back up. This response is called "pitting."
3) You can treat the symptom (the edema) with diuretic drugs, sometimes called "water pills." Diuretics cause the kidneys to work harder & produce more urine, so the person who takes a diuretic will urinate (pee) more often.
4) Treating the cause is more complicated. First there will be tests to figure out what condition is causing the fluid on the legs (edema). Then a treatment plan has to be worked out. There is not always a simple explanation or treatment.
5) It is important to treat the edema, even though it is a symptom, because the water settles in the legs due to gravity, but the fluid in the legs means there is excess fluid in other parts of the body as well, and this makes the heart and other organs work harder, which puts a strain on them.
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