Edema

[Guest guest]

Just curious what dietary changes you would make for a patient with Edema. I

work in a hospital and consistently have patients who suffer from Pedal Edema

and am not sure what all I can recommend to help with decreasing the Edema

besides the Diaretics that the Doctors use.

[Guest guest]

You may be able to do a lot - it depends on the cause. For example, do the pts

have a cardiac hx such as HTN and/or CHF? If so, then I recommend you obtain a

diet hx and counsel on a low sodium diet. Is the pedal edema correlated to

extreme obesity? If so, then wt loss counseling is indicated as well as a low

sodium diet.

Call me if you need further help or to discuss.

Laurie Tansman, MS, RD, CDN

Department of Clinical Nutrition

The Mount Sinai Hospital

and

Department of Preventive Medicine

Mount Sinai School of Medicine

laurie.tansman@...

[Guest guest]

Hi ,

In many cases, pedal edema is more of a dependent edema then anything else. If

that is the case, nutrition intervention has little to no effect. However, if it

is not, and your patient ambulates, increased porting intake might help.

Merav Levi, RD, MS, CDN, CSGA dietitian, not the food police.

http://www.linkedin.com/in/meravlevi

" Life is not measured by the number of breath you take, but by the moments that

take your breath away. " - Carlin " People don't forget the truth, they just

become better in lying " (Revolutionary Road)

To: rd-usa

From: kgreen@...

Date: Thu, 7 Jun 2012 16:47:45 +0000

Subject: Edema

Just curious what dietary changes you would make for a patient with Edema.

I work in a hospital and consistently have patients who suffer from Pedal Edema

and am not sure what all I can recommend to help with decreasing the Edema

besides the Diaretics that the Doctors use.