I am an avid reader of the health and wellness column which is presented on page 27 of Asian Voice and the “Swasthya” column at page 20 in Gujarat Samachar.
Last week’s Gujarat Samachar carried an article entitled “Does your body remain swollen?.” It is informative and is presented in such a way that even a layman can understand and grasp the contents.
My congratulations to the author for his brilliant account of this medical condition affecting many of us. Having succumbed to this rather irritating condition where the upper part of the feet and ankles get swollen mainly in the night and cause prickly pain on top of the feet, I was looking for an answer to why this was happening to me.
After reading this article, I ruled out some of the reasons like heart or kidney conditions mentioned by the author as my test results for these had given me a clean bill of health. The other reasons mentioned are a lack of sleep, use of too much salt in our diet etc.
I therefore arrived at the conclusion that my affliction may be due to high blood pressure. Besides the remedies mentioned in the article, I would like to share with readers that a drug called ‘Furosemide’ will help them in removing excess water from any part of the body. I hope other readers suffering from water retention, may get some benefit from my letter and seek appropriate medical treatment.
Dinesh Sheth
Newbury Park, Ilford
