My mother 90 yrs old was hospitilzed on Friday April 25 2014 AND HAD BEEN RELEASED FROM THE HOSPITAL on April 29th in the evening. She had moderate dementia and was hospitalized for double pnemonia. Upon her release I noticed her right foot very Swollen and could Not get her shoes on. Nurses stated that it was because she was sitting alot. As of this morning, my mother is back to sleeping all day and foot still swollen. She did have a Chest exray and they found a scare tissue on her lung. Could have been From working in the factory. Is this all Normal? Thank You PS she now has incontence
Thanks for your question on Chat Doctor. No, this is not normal. Unilateral lower limb edema in old age can be due to1. Dependent edema2. DVT (Deep venous thrombosis)3. Cellulitis etc. Since your mother is old age and having recent infection with hospital admission, DVT can be the cause. So get done lower limb venous Doppler. If this is negative than get done S.protein level. As Hypoprotienemia can also cause dependent edema. So better to rule out all these, as unilateral lower limb edema is not normal.