swollen ankles
Fluid-filled lower extremities
Swollen ankles are ankles enlarged by fluid retention or inflammation.
The condition has many causes—prolonged standing, pregnancy, injury, heart or kidney problems, or medication side effects.
The phrase typically appears in medical contexts: She complained of swollen ankles after the long flight.
Also called ankle swelling or ankle edema.
- edemaPathological tissue puffiness
- fluidSubstance that flows
- water retentionBody storing excess fluid
- puffySwollen with air
- retentionContinued holding or possession
fluid buildup · feet · legs · bloated · tight · circulation · pregnancy · third trimester · sodium · elevate · compression · socks · shoes · compression socks · heat · summer · standing · sitting
- travel discomfortmotion sickness, airsickness, carsickness, seasickness, jet lag
- swellingedema, bloating, puffiness, fluid retention, water retention
- travel ailmentsjet lag, motion sickness, airsickness, seasickness, carsickness
- cardiac symptomschest pain, chest tightness, chest pressure, palpitations, heart palpitations
- kidney symptomshematuria, proteinuria, edema, flank pain, kidney pain
- heart failureheart failure, congestive heart failure, CHF, cardiomyopathy, pulmonary edema