Water retention is not always easy to detect. How will you know if your fluid balance has gone wrong? It can be hard to tell if your excess weight is mostly water, since water is everywhere in the body. Even your doctor can sometimes have difficulty confirming whether you are retaining fluid.

Doctors can tell if you have the severe form of water retention known as oedema by pressing a fingertip into your shinbone. If it leaves a dent, you are definitely retaining a great deal of water. Swollen feet or ankles can also be a sign, since excess fluid often collects in the lower half of the body.

Sometimes the tummy will be tight and swollen (as in premenstrual water retention) or the face puffy. However, you can have water retention without exhibiting any of these signs.

One little-known sign of hidden water retention is rapid weight fluctuations, where you notice from time to time that you suddenly weigh several pounds more (or less) than you did twenty-four hours ago. This is a sure sign of water retention since only water can cause such a rapid change in your weight.

How To Tell If You Have Water Retention is a post from: Water-Retention.Net

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