What causes water retention – for years?
When you become dehydrated; your body excretes less water and bloating sets in. Water retention medically known as edema can be caused by a number of factors from normal shifts in the body fluids to excess dietary sodium; and systemic diseases of the heart; liver, or kidney diseases. If you don’t have frequent or regular bowel movement, the body absorbs the poison from the partially digested food in the intestinal tract. This constipation encourages the body to retain fluids to dilute these poisons. In females, water retention may be due to cyclical bloating before the menstrual periods; The most common local conditions causing edema,are varicose veins and thrombophlebitis causing venous insufficiency. Other conditions are post-operative swelling and inflammation. Prolonged standing. Ill -fitting shoes are all other causes. If corrective measures such as elevating your feet upon sitting; compression hose stockings; addressing your obesity problems.and dietary changes such as salt restr
