finger into your ankle and the dent stays for several seconds. Or you notice a sudden 3–5 pound weight gain in just a few days. This peripheral edema occurs because a weaker heart can’t push blood efficiently, causing fluid to leak into surrounding tissues. Guidelines
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from both the American Heart Association and Mayo Clinic highlight leg swelling as a classic marker of early heart strain.
The key detail: it’s usually worse at the end of the day
