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2. What Helps Swelling Go Down After Surgery? - MedicineNet

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   Post-operative swelling is a natural response to surgery and typically subsides within a few days. Learn a few home remedies to reduce swelling, as well as its causes and severity.

3. 3 Ways to Reduce Swelling After Surgery - wikiHow

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   Try different techniques for reducing your swelling. Follow your doctor’s instructions for aftercare first and foremost including contacting them if you have concerns about the swelling. You can also try post-surgical exercises for your legs and arms if you have been cleared to do so.

4. Strategies to Reduce Postoperative Swelling - HSS

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   Lying down for an hour in the late morning or afternoon helps reduce swelling. To prevent or reduce leg and ankle swelling: Elevate operated leg in bed on 1 to 2 pillows while lying flat. Avoid sitting for longer than 30 to 45 minutes at a time. Perform ankle exercises.

5. How to Manage Edema After Surgery - Tactile Medical

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   Edema after surgery is common, as it’s your body’s natural response to heal itself. There are a few ways to manage post-surgery swelling, such as compression, elevation, and light exercise, that can help reduce the risk of edema after surgery.

6. How to Reduce Abdominal Swelling After a Surgery: 12 Steps - ...

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   You can reduce swelling after abdominal surgery by properly caring for the incision site and by being gentle on your digestive system. Follow all of your doctor's or nurse's advice about keeping your wound clean and infection-free.

7. Swelling Continues Long After Trauma or Surgery - H-Wave

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   Reducing inflammation after surgery is essential for a smooth recovery. Fortunately, you can take action to reduce swelling immediately after surgery. These easy steps can lower the amount of post-surgery edema you experience and reduce the overall time of the swelling:

8. How to Reduce Swelling After Knee Surgery: 9 Home Remedies -...

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   Swelling may be moderate to severe in the first few days after knee replacement surgery, but it will gradually subside as you recover. Still, you might experience some mild to moderate swelling in the weeks and months following your recovery. Luckily, there are several at-home strategies you can try to reduce swelling.

9. Reducing Swelling After Surgery: Recovery Time, Pain Relief

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   Patients are provided specific post-operative care guidelines to follow after surgery. These should be followed as outlined to help manage swelling and pain, ease recovery, and reduce the risk of infection. Instructions may include: Swelling is a common side effect following surgery. It is temporary and a normal part of recovery.

10. Edema - Diagnosis and treatment - Mayo Clinic

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    Keep the swollen area clean and free from injury. Use lotion or cream. Dry, cracked skin is more open to scrapes, cuts and infection. Always wear socks or shoes on the feet if that's where the swelling usually is. Reduce salt. A health care provider can talk about limiting salt. Salt can increase fluid buildup and worsen edema.

11. Ways to reduce swelling in the legs after surgery - Flourish

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    Minimizing post-surgery swelling in the legs helps reduce your risk for blood clots, which can cause serious complications and require hospitalization to treat. A high level of swelling may also result in higher levels of post-surgical pain or make full recovery take longer than it would otherwise.