swollen ankles

[JAN86]

Thank you all for your posts. Noe waiting. For xray. Doc said it has nothing. To do with thyroid. Blood test come. Back. With. High. Blood count. He said. If was any. High er. I would have. To take aspian. Don't need anything else. Just need a new body now taking meptid for swollen ankles

[Jackie]

Hi It sounds to me as if you need a diuretic. Does anywhere else swell? Are you on your feet a lot? if it goes down at night not too serious.Whenever possible sit with feet up above hips.Are you sure your BP is good?

Jackie

[Hidden]

Manual lymphatic drainage treatment by a qualified therapist may help. It's not at all painful and I found a course of treatment really helped. In addition support tights/knee highs may help.

Would also echo the advice of keeping your legs raised.

[Barrister]

Swollen ankles can be a symptom of heart failure. Have you had an ECG done? Your GP can do this in the surgery. Clemmie

[faith63]

i swell all over with Hashi's.

[ClaireandBosch]

Hashimoto's/Hypothyroid and had swollen, painful ankles. Went gluten-free and started B12 and D3 supplements all in one week and something made a huge difference (after 2yrs of suffering). Can't say which helped as started all at once but I suspect GF and vit D3. Started Levo 2 weeks later so wasn't that which helped.