What Causes Swollen Ankles?

Posted on Tue, 28 Oct 2014

Question: What is the meaning of swollen ankles?

Answered by Dr. Dr. Sudhir Kumar (20 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
meaning enlagement of circumference of ankle.

Detailed Answer:
Hi,
Thanks for your query.

I'm Dr. Sudhir Kumar,

After going through your query I came to know that you want to know meaning of swollen ankles. Swollen ankle means size and circumference of ankle has been enlarged as compared to normal ankle. Causes can be many but I am listing common causes.

1.Injury, such as fall from height and road accidents.
2. infective arthritis such as bacterial, tubercular, fungal and viral
3.Inflammatory arthritis such as rheumatoid arthritis.
4.Degenerative arthritis due to aging.
5. Heart and kidney diseases leading to edema.
6.Thyroid disease(Hypothyroidism) leading to non pitting edema.
7.Less proteins in blood(hypoproteinemia)

Hope I have answered your query.
If you have any further questions I will be happy to help.
Wishing you good health.
Take care.

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