What Swollen Legs Might Reveal About Your Health – And Why It Matters

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Your healthcare professional can determine whether the medication is responsible and whether any adjustment is appropriate.

    Heart Problems

Swollen legs can sometimes be associated with heart failure.

When the heart isn’t pumping effectively, blood can back up and fluid may accumulate in the legs, ankles, or feet. Fluid can also accumulate elsewhere in the body.

This doesn’t mean that swollen ankles automatically indicate heart failure.

There are many other possible causes.

But swelling accompanied by symptoms such as shortness of breath, difficulty breathing while lying down, chest