Fluid Retention and Women's Weight: What is Real in This Relationship?

The complaints are the same with some women: they retain fluid and so do not lose weight, swollen hands and legs, wearing an outfit that is tight in the morning and afternoon, not enough urine during the day and so end up taking diuretics. To summarize the story: misinterpretations and misconduct. The first lesson of this story is: our body is equipped with a system of very fine control of body water, so that the water balance does not change much, nor more nor less. The first sign that something has changed is the seat. It ensures the demand for water whenever our water balance is negative and makes us refuse the water whenever our hydration is normal. In this system, our kidneys guarantee the elimination of an aqueous urine more concentrated and less when we are well hydrated and a darker urine and less volume, where our water supply is scarce. Finally, yet eliminate a water volume of about 1 liter for 24 hours through perspiration, water which is lost in form of steam when it comes, this volume being greater on hot days. Not to mention the sweat loss and water used by our bodies in their chemical reactions. Realizing the problem Some diseases can change and break this seemingly perfect system and cause a real fluid retention, such as kidney failure. Others may cause an abnormal displacement of the body water in the spaces, so that a greater volume of water out of the cells and blood vessels invade the extracellular space causing a swelling on, such as heart failure and of chronic the liver. These diseases are easily perceived by patients and diagnosed by physicians. There's no confusing them with physiological states of fluid retention, which usually does not come with no other symptoms, as well as bloating. These diseases are serious and require specific treatment. In women, the menstrual cycle deserves in fluid retention, the extent of his hormonal fluctuation during the month. We have a hormone called progesterone is responsible for a real and physiological fluid retention, which occurs in the second half of the menstrual cycle, especially in the last week before menstruation. This retention soak breasts, abdomen and pelvis. If fertilization does not occur, there is a sudden drop of hormones and her menstruation, allowing it the elimination of retained liquids. Another big myth in relation to fluid retention is swelling that arises in the morning and claim that the rings do not enter or leave the fingers. What happens at night is a redistribution of fluids in the human body. When we remain lying down for long, occurs more easily the movement of liquids to the extremities of the body, especially your hands. So there is fluid retention during the night, only the migration of liquid, returning to redistribute during the day, when standing or sitting, favoring higher accumulation in the lower limbs, especially at the end of the day. There are very common conditions that lead us to believe that inchamos legs or feel the sensation of "heavy legs". This condition is hereditary, so that when we look at the legs of his daughter, we know how are the legs of his mother or father of the family of women, depending on the affected family branch. The problem appears in women typically thicker legs, where cellulite is the rule, this condition being falsely classified as fluid retention. In fact, this retention is not also in these cases. The problem is related to circulatory disorders of the legs, with a great disposition for varicose veins and irregular deposit of fat, with the sharp features of cellulite. To complicate the picture of these patients, they have an obesity legs, certainly the most difficult form of treatment for obesity. Generally, these patients lose weight very slowly, do not respond to calls lymphatic drainage, reducing gels or to any maneuver or aesthetic treatment. In such cases, the best treatment is still a regular and vigorous movement of the legs, especially on treadmills or exercise bikes in daily exercise, since this provides the same performance that a remedy for the problem. The ideal is to balance A change can really make us drink beyond measure and retain liquids is eating a diet high in salt. This can be easily shown when we drink too much water after salty food and do not ingest such urinamos water intake. The sodium salt is naturally present in the osmotic, or simply because it retains water or water abnormal movements between body compartments, where towards a place of sodium least to a richer in sodium. Therefore, an attitude really effective, especially in the phases of the menstrual cycle, which naturally retain liquids, is careful with the intake of salt, giving preference to foods with little salt in its composition. The worst thing for women who complain of fluid retention is the use of diuretics, which induces the enforced loss of water, causing cellular dehydration, elimination of artificial urine and the false impression that the swelling was reduced or even that there was loss weight. The weight loss in such cases comes at the expense of dehydration and diuresis always leaves the impression that the kidneys do not function well when in fact what is abnormal is the removing volume of urine, and with it, electrolytes important as potassium. The misconduct leads to pain and leg weakness, and cramps. Finally, it is important that women know that they have functioning kidneys, heart and liver normal and normal access to water, they are not swollen or retain fluid. When you really have fluid retention, this is part of the menstrual cycle and is transient. These women need to revise their diets and their etilos life to try to explain more correctly the feeling of weight gain. Correction of fluid retention is not difficult, provided we can understand the causes of the problem.