Water Retention Symptoms
If you suffer from water retention you could have several possible symptoms. Water retention symptoms vary from one person to the next. Some of the classic symptoms include
- A swollen, bloated tummy
- Swollen legs, feet or ankles
- Exercise and low calorie diet doesn’t help you lose weight
- Getting up at night to urinate
- Waking up in the morning with a swollen face
You might just have one of these water retention symptoms, or you might have all of them.
One very sure symptom of water retention is when your body weight fluctuates a lot within a very short time. Try weighing yourself a couple of times a day, every day for two weeks. If the readings fluctuate a lot, for instance if you weigh several pounds less on Tuesday than you did on Monday, you could have water retention. Only water can cause such rapid changes in your weight.
A classic test for water retention which doctors carry out is to press a finger into your shin-bone. If it leaves a dent, this is a definite water retention symptom.
Of all water retention symptoms, the one most difficult to spot is weight gain. There is plenty of capacity for your body to retain water all over, and gradually expand, making you look fat. This type of fat has a puffy appearance, while real fat hangs and sags, and can actually be ‘pinched by the inch’. For instance, love handles are real fat.
Sometimes water retention leaks out of the small blood vessels in your tummy and collects inside, where it swishes around. Water retention symptoms can include this too, although it is not common and mostly occurs in alcoholics.
For help with your water retention symptoms please check out the Waterfall Diet book described on this site.
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Comment from Linda Lazarides
Time October 31, 2010 at 11:19 pm
Your body is trying to adjust after the stress of being on a steroid drug for so long.
Comment from constanca
Time November 20, 2010 at 11:50 pm
well i can say that iv gained weigth and im taking all types of tablets to loose weigth but the doctor said i have water retention.how come in a couple of months i have more kilos on the top of me?sometimes i even dont feel my legs cause they are so big its dificult for me to walk most of the time
Comment from Marge
Time August 11, 2011 at 11:27 am
I have swelling of the feet,legs,hands, and abdomen. I also have trouble breathing. I have gained 12 pounds in two weeks and cannot walk more than a few feet or lay out flat without having trouble breathing. My doctor also changed my medicine about the same time this all begain to happen I am now taking 1/2 tablet twic a day of LABETALOL.
Comment from faisal
Time March 18, 2012 at 10:23 am
hi linda ididnt use to have water retention but i went on very low calorie diet and almost no protien then my face began to bloat real bad and i had water only in my face and my legs are fine
Comment from cathy magermans
Time October 5, 2010 at 11:47 pm
I have just came off Prednisone after 13 months, I’ve had symptoms where I feel like my blood sugar levels drop I feel light headed get heavy legs and feel like i’m going to fall to one side, after a while I release a lot of water is this normal with losing water retention?