{"id":443,"date":"2014-03-17T09:00:43","date_gmt":"2014-03-17T14:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/etbodywork.com\/?p=443"},"modified":"2014-02-27T23:27:17","modified_gmt":"2014-02-28T04:27:17","slug":"water-retention","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/etbodywork.com\/?p=443","title":{"rendered":"Water Retention"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The term water retention (also known as fluid retention) signifies an abnormal accumulation of fluid in the circulatory system or within the tissues or cavities of the body.<\/p>\n<p>Symptoms can include:<br \/>\nSwelling of affected body parts<br \/>\nFeet, ankles and hands are commonly affected<br \/>\nThe affected body parts may ache<br \/>\nThe joints may feel stiff<br \/>\nRapid weight gain over a few days or weeks<br \/>\nUnexplained weight fluctuations<br \/>\nWhen pressed, the skin may hold the indent for a few seconds (pitting oedema)<br \/>\nIn other cases, the skin may not indent when pressed (non-pitting oedema).<\/p>\n<p>Depending on the cause, treatment may include:<br \/>\nA low-salt diet<br \/>\nDiuretics (water pills)<br \/>\nTreatment for the underlying medical condition: for example, hormone replacement (thyroxine) in the case of hypothyroidism<br \/>\nLifestyle changes in response to the underlying medical condition: for example, avoidance of alcohol if liver disease is the cause<br \/>\nChanges to medication or dosage, if drugs are the cause<br \/>\nDietary adjustments, if malnutrition is the cause<br \/>\nOngoing medical supervision<br \/>\nAids such as support stockings<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The term water retention (also known as fluid retention) signifies an abnormal accumulation of fluid in the circulatory system or within the tissues or cavities of the body. Symptoms can include: Swelling of affected body parts Feet, ankles and hands are commonly affected The affected body parts may ache The joints may feel stiff Rapid [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-443","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/etbodywork.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/443","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/etbodywork.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/etbodywork.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/etbodywork.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/etbodywork.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=443"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/etbodywork.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/443\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/etbodywork.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=443"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/etbodywork.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=443"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/etbodywork.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=443"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}