# Unexplained leg swelling?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unexplained-leg-swelling/230928>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [February 24, 2004, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unexplained-leg-swelling/230928 "2004-02-24T17:15:38Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![clairobscur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/839c29/32.png) [@clairobscur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clairobscur)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2011, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unexplained-leg-swelling/230928/21 "2011-08-03T00:57:56Z")

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> [@tremorviolet](#):
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> ARGH, I just checked and I do still have the pitting. But my legs look normal. (or as normal as they ever look, I’ve always had big, stocky legs) I’ve never tried it before, regular legs don’t do the pitting thing? .

Apparently not. I hadn’t realized that my legs were swollen too (feet/ankles swelling was obvious), and the phlebologist I was sent to by my regular doctor showed me this trick.

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**Author:** ![clairobscur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/839c29/32.png) [@clairobscur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clairobscur)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2011, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unexplained-leg-swelling/230928/22 "2011-08-03T01:02:16Z")

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> [@chaoticbear](#):
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> Oh. I hadn’t noticed she wasn’t around any more, I just recognized the username. :smack:

huh..same thing. Also it attracted my attention because I myself had just discovered that this apparently unimportant issue was in fact a serious one. Well…I guess it still might be useful to know for random readers.

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