Why the face swells in the morning - the main causes of edema

The face swollen after a night's sleep occurs in most people from time to time. But one thing is, if you have eaten a salty or drank alcohol the day before, and another - when you can not understand why the face swells in the morning. Fluid retention may be a sign of a serious illness.

Morning facial edema caused by lifestyle

Facial edema is a disturbance of water metabolism, in which excessive fluid accumulates in the intercellular space of soft tissues. Puffiness can be either pronounced or unobtrusive, distributed evenly or localized in one zone. For these characteristics, as well as for events that preceded the appearance of swelling, you can make an assumption about the cause of edema of the face in the morning.

Edema itself is not a disease, but it can accompany the pathology of the cardiovascular, endocrine, kidney, respiratory tract. At the same time, water retention is quite natural in women during PMS, in lovers of pickles and in chronically non-sleeping people. To determine whether it is worth worrying about the morning swelling will help the examination.

It's okay if the face swelled up in the morning due to inaccuracies in diet and lifestyle. It is enough to adjust the diet, adhere to the optimal regime of the day, to normalize water exchange.

Such cases include:

1. Excess intake of salt, fatty foods and smoked products. Salt retains fluid in the body, hence the swollen face next morning after a plentiful meal.
2. Alcoholic libations also do not contribute to a fresh appearance. Alcohol causes dehydration of tissues, and the body fights against it, provoking thirst and retaining water. If you stand on the scales after a night party, they can easily show an increase in weight of 2 to 3 kg solely due to accumulated liquid. Because of swelling, the face looks swollen and wrinkled.
3. A lot of drunk water at night leads to the fact that the kidneys do not have time to pull the excess during sleep. A strong thirst is provoked by the already mentioned salted food, alcohol, as well as heavy food, sweets. A mistake is a sharp increase in the daily volume of the liquid. Following the recommendations to drink at least 2 liters of water in the liquid, people who are not accustomed to such a quantity, find a swollen face in the morning. Edema remains until the body adapts to the new conditions. To drink water, really, it is necessary, but to increase the capacity better gradually. With an inclination to edema in the afternoon, the amount drunk should be reduced, and after 18-00 - 20-00 in general, reduce to zero.
4. Rumpled appearance, bags under the eyes - the result of bad sleep, sit-up late, night work. In the dark, the business should rest and recover after daily workloads. If a person does not sleep at night, all metabolic processes slow down, including the removal of fluid. According to statistics, people - "larks" are less likely to suffer from swelling than "owls."
5. Pregnancy and menstrual cycles are the natural causes of facial swelling about mornings in women. Monthly fluctuations in the hormonal background cause a fluid retention in the body before the menstruation. With the onset of bleeding, excess water leaves. During the gestation of a child, the female body needs more fluid, and a small puffiness is within the normal range. But if the puffiness of the face keeps constantly, the legs swell and the weight is growing, it is already a question of the kidneys failing their work and the need for anti-edematous therapy.

Physiological edema is relatively easily removed by changing the drinking regime, salt-free diet and cosmetics. Treatment they do not require, and with a healthy lifestyle are reduced to a minimum.

Facial swelling as a sign of

If facial puffiness occurs due to a disease, other symptoms should be present:

Characteristics of edema	Additional symptoms	Possible cause
Puffy face, swelling of lower extremities	Shortness of breath, cyanosis of the skin, enlarged liver	Cardiac pathologies, hypertension
Pronounced bags under the eyes, soft and watery;decrease during the day, disappear in the evening;when pressing on the swelling there is a "dent" from the finger	Yellowing of the skin, a sharp set of weight due to internal edema	Problems with the kidneys
Tumors in the nose	Runny nose, stuffy nose	Inflammation of the sinuses, chronic diseases of the upper respiratory tract
Swollen subcutaneous tissue,dense swelling, finger pressing leaves no trace	Weight gain, cycle failures, deterioration of skin condition, hair	Thyroid hypothyroidism, hormonal disorders in women
Blurred uppereyelids, swollen lips, uneven face swelling	Rash, cough, choking	Allergy, angioedema
Local swelling	Severe border, asymmetry - only on one side of face	Benign or malignant growth of soft facial tissues
Swelling of the face and legs during pregnancy,when pressed there is a white spot	Weight gain, pressure, protein in the urine	Gestosis, pre-eclampsia

Strong face swelling in the morning is useless to try to clean masks and cold compresses. Moreover, it can be contraindicated, as in the case of allergies. When faced with an allergen, the body can respond with angioedema, with redness and itching of the skin. Such an attack can be removed only by taking an antihistamine, but sometimes the swelling passes by itself after a while.

For allergies, do not touch the puffy skin, apply cold to it and lubricate with cosmetics. This can provoke an intensified reaction, up to the deadly edema of Quincke. In an emergency situation, an injection of Suprastin and immediate treatment in an ambulance is required.

Until the cause of edema is eliminated, liquid metabolism in tissues alone will not recover. Over time, swelling from the morning can turn into a permanent, and in the skin and subcutaneous tissue - to begin irreversible changes. In addition, some health problems, accompanied by pronounced swelling, pose a danger to human life. It is necessary to be examined and treated according to the diagnosis.

How to reduce the morning swelling of the face

With the morning swelling, not caused by the disease, everyone can face: just overdo with the salty, drink a mug of beer with chips, sit at night at the computer - and now, from the mirror looks at you narrow eyes markedly increased in sizeface.

If you occasionally have swelling of the face and eyes in the morning, remember simple tips on how to get yourself into shape urgently:

• take a contrast shower;
• soak the towel with cold water, compress for 10 minutes minimum;
• turn on the cold faucet in the bathroom and put your face under the jet;
• wrap in ice cubes cloth or a packet of frost, apply to swellings, but avoid the eye area;
• for ever put pressed tea bags or wadded cotton pads;
• from the evening, prepare a herbal infusion of chamomile, mint, cranberry leaves or St. John's wort and put in the fridge, in the morning make a cool compress with the product;
• drink a cup of warm green tea with milk - it has a diuretic effect and will help get rid of excess fluid;
• for breakfast refuse hot food and drinks, do not dosalize dishes, so as not to provoke further water retention;
• massage your face along the lines of the lymph flow, trying to "disperse" swelling.

These measures will help restore a fresh look after a sleepless night or a festive feast. But if in general you ignore a healthy lifestyle, do not deny yourself excess and bad habits, it will be difficult to bring a swollen face to order. And with age, getting rid of swelling becomes more difficult.

How to get rid of facial swelling

What if you swell in the morning? Analyze your diet, the level of physical activity, the regime of the day. Try to adhere to the following rules:

• reduce the amount of salt to 3 grams per day, if possible, temporarily go for a salt-free diet;
• if you drink less than 1.5 - 2 liters of water per day, increase consumption to this rate, but not dramatically, but gradually;
• consider only pure non-carbonated water in the volume, liquid from soups, drinks, fruits is not considered to be drinkable;
• discard smoked products, canned food, industrial sauces, carbonated drinks, coffee, strong tea, alcohol;
• do not eat or drink at night for at least 3 hours before bedtime;
• include in the menu vegetables and fruits, rich in insoluble fiber;
• regularly check the condition of the kidneys, carry out a cleaning;
• start the morning with a contrast shower;
• wipe the skin with ice cubes, make cool compresses;
• wash with broths of mint, chamomile, linden, cowberry;
• sleep on a high cushion, ensuring the outflow of liquid from the face;
• use decongestants.

If external means do not help, try removing the swelling from the inside with medicines and medicinal plants:

• take a diuretic pill or infusion of bear ears - the method works if the swelling is not associated with allergy or trauma;
• drink an antihistamine drug( Tavegil, Suprastin);
• apply gel against edema - Lyoton, Dolobene, Troxevasin;
• drink laurel broth: 3 tbsp.l.crushed leaf for 250 ml of boiling water, course - a week for 1 tbsp.three times a day.

Swelling, which occurs too often or generally keeps permanently, can not be ignored. Normally, this should not be. Be sure to consult a doctor, even if you manage to cope with a swollen face throughout the day to rule out serious illnesses.

Face masks

Masks with decongestants help to normalize blood circulation, lymph flow of soft facial tissues and stimulate the removal of excess fluid. Try one of the recipes of folk cosmetics:

1. Potato mask. Cook the tubers in a peel, mash with a fork. The resulting mashed potaté slightly cool and put on to the face, after 15 minutes remove the mass and wash with cool water.
2. Mask from raw potatoes. If you do not have time to cook boiled potatoes, use the option with raw. Slice the tuber slices and keep on swelling until the circle warms from the heat of the skin. More effective means - gruel from grated and pressed raw potatoes.
3. Smetanno-dill mask. Chop the fresh fennel, take 1 tsp.greens and mix with 2 tbsp.l.sour cream from the refrigerator. Blend the mixture on your face, leave a quarter of an hour, then rinse with cold water.
4. Mask from parsley. The remedy does not require greens, but the root of the plant. Scroll the spine through a meat grinder and lubricate the problem areas with gruel. After 20 minutes, rinse, gently pat. The cream after such a mask can not be used.
5. Cucumber Mask. The fresh cucumber, lying in the refrigerator, is grated on the grater, squeeze the mass lightly and apply on the face. After half an hour, rinse and enjoy the fresh appearance.
6. Tea mask. Brew leaf tea, black or green to choose from. Cool the tea towels with a cloth, apply to the skin until the compress is warm. Repeat several times.
7. Herbal Compression. Use infusion of sage, chamomile, birch buds, cooked in a water bath. Strain and cool the liquid, moisten the towel and apply to the face several times in a row.
8. Oil mask. Take any base oil - olive, soybean, sunflower, add 2 drops of essential oils of rosemary, geranium, juniper. Lubricate the skin, leave for a few minutes, then rub it in your face with massage movements. Remove residual oil with a tissue.
9. Buckwheat mask. Grind in the grinder croup, pour the powder into a linen bag and put it in a bowl with boiling water for a couple of minutes. Wait until the bag has cooled and apply to the swelling for a quarter of an hour.
10. Cognac mask. The recipe includes: cognac - 1 tsp, yolk 1 egg, ½ tsp.lemon juice and green tea, vegetable oil - 5 drops, gel from varicose - 1 tsp. Stir the ingredients, apply to the face for 15 minutes, then wash and rub the code with a cube of frozen green tea.

Using folk methods and cosmetics from swelling, you should understand that this is a temporary solution to the problem. Sooner or later, you will have to deal with the causes in detail, in order to eliminate violations in the work of internal organs. After normalizing the functions of the whole body, you do not have to fight every morning with a swollen face.