Cream for swelling of the legs
Our feet experience a lot of stress every day. Excess fluid primarily accumulates in the extremities. Most often this affects the legs. Edema is fluid retention in soft tissues. To effectively combat this problem, special creams for swelling of the legs are designed.
Creams for swelling of the legs contribute to the outflow of fluid, relieve tension and fatigue. In addition, they soften rough skin, stimulate blood circulation, tone up the walls of blood vessels, reduce sweating, and prevent varicose veins.
Causes
According to statistics, this problem most often occurs in women. Consider the causes that contribute to the occurrence of edema.
- Long stay in shoes with high heels. The foot is compressed and blood flow is limited.
- Prolonged standing. Gives a great load on the legs throughout the day.
- Uncontrolled fluid intake. Excess fluid is not excreted and is retained in the soft tissues.
- Prolonged sitting position on soft seats. It leads to poor blood circulation and impaired lymph outflow.
- Overweight. Creates additional stress on the legs.
- Metabolic disease.
- Various diseases. Concomitant symptom with kidney disease, cardiovascular system, diabetes or thyroid problems.
- During pregnancy.
It is very important to identify the cause of swelling of the legs.
If this problem is associated with a disease, then the disease itself must be treated. In this case, the remedy for edema will only temporarily relieve swelling and alleviate discomfort.
You can relieve swelling of the legs in various ways. The video below describes and analyzes the 10 main ways.
Also, the causes of edema can be eliminated by choosing the right cream or ointment.
Kinds
A wide variety of anti-edema products are available. They are easily applied to the skin, quickly absorbed. As a rule, most products have an additional effect - cooling, bactericidal or antifungal. For cooling, creams with menthol are used. Creams with essential oil of tea tree or rosemary have an antifungal effect. Most of the products in the composition contain horse chestnut, which eliminates the problem of blood clots, strengthens the walls of blood vessels, and fights blood stasis in the veins.
Consider the most popular means.
- Lyoton 1000 - an excellent tool for relieving swelling, pain, fatigue in the legs. Based on heparin with the addition of lavender oil and neroli oil. It has a high anti-varicose effect, increases the metabolism of the vascular wall and adjacent tissues.
Similar means - Heparin ointment, Thrombophob, Hepatrombin.
- Cream for edema Mama Comfort from a series of cosmetics for pregnant women. Ideal for daily care. The main components of the cream are horse chestnut and leech gland extract. The cream prevents the development of varicose veins, improves blood flow, relieves tension and fatigue, relieves swelling. It is good to use this remedy during pregnancy as a prevention of the appearance of edema and spider veins.
Also during pregnancy, you can use Ginkor Gel and Venitan ointments.
- Chestnut and propolis green mom relieves swelling and pain in the legs, has a cooling effect. Effectively used for aching pains on hot summer days. Horse chestnut strengthens and makes blood vessels elastic.
The composition additionally includes extracts of plants such as buckwheat, currant and witch hazel.
- Lavender and mint Freeman not only relieves swelling of the legs, but also nourishes and refreshes, promotes rapid healing of cracks, eliminates dry skin. Lavender has a regenerating effect, mint cools and deodorizes.
Additionally, it contains vitamin E.
- Candy Mint by Deep Steep has a rich composition. Essential oils of tea tree, rosemary and eucalyptus, vitamin E moisturize well, nourish, and have an antifungal effect.
Mint oil and extract perfectly refresh, relieve swelling and pain.
- Cream mousse Liv Delano for tired legs. The main ingredients are horse chestnut and menthol. They perfectly cope with the problem of edema, have a firming and refreshing effect. Contains hyaluronic acid for hydration. Plant extracts create protection for the skin of the legs, make it soft and supple.
- "Sophia" foot edema cream based on leech extract. Contains vegetable oils of chamomile and wheat. Effectively relieve fatigue and stress, normalize blood circulation and vascular function.
It is a means of preventing varicose veins.
Reviews
According to customer reviews, if there is a problem with edema, creams for leg edema are an effective remedy. They are easy to use, easily absorbed, almost immediately begin to act.Most noted a decrease in edema after the first application and an additional caring, restoring and strengthening effect of creams on the general condition of the legs.