41/m boosted in Nov, but this started after my second dose. I'm a pretty skinny dude so this was really apparent. I'm talking actual pitting edema which stays for a minute +
I thought I figured out what it was. I was eating a lot of sausage, an organic, preservative free kind. When I stopped, the edema went away in a few days.
Pretty easy, I thought.
But I was like, what the heck was in the food that was causing this?
For MONTHS leading up to this I was doing regular urine and blood tests. Edema is produced by 3 things: 1) kidney issues, 2) venous insufficiency, 3) heart issues.
My urinalyses were fine. Protein negative.
My CMPs were fine. Creatinine was anywhere from .97 to 1.07. eGFR was anywhere from 86-102.
I don't think I have venous insufficiency because it's both ankles.
I'm wondering if it's heart issues because of pfizer and moderna, but the fact that diet changes it confuses me.
It's not sodium. I can eat a LOT of salt and be just fine. BP is fine, if anything it's very low after the 3rd dose.
So recently the edema started again. I can press on my leg and it makes a large pit which stays there for minutes.
What have I been eating? Tacos (made myself) using ground pork and natural ingredients. I thought it was the flour shells, because I hadn't used wheat in a long time, but when I made the tacos again using corn shells instead, that happened again.
The other bizarre thing is my pee is super foamy when I eat meat. I've had lots of urine tests and they're all fine. Foamy urine is regularly kidney concerns when protein is in the urine. I've had 4 urine tests, including one where I took the cup home and waited until I had foam in my pee, got that sample, and tested it. Normal. The thing is, when I fast the foam goes below. So they doctor says "everything is fine!" and I say "well my urine was normal!" So I took the container home. I waited until It was foamy, got some, and had it tested. Normal.
The foamy urine and the edema still has me worried about kidney stuff but everything was aright. I had a kidney ultrasound which was normal, too.
Can diet really cause this much edema? I mean this is crazy.
I thought I figured out what it was. I was eating a lot of sausage, an organic, preservative free kind. When I stopped, the edema went away in a few days.
Pretty easy, I thought.
But I was like, what the heck was in the food that was causing this?
For MONTHS leading up to this I was doing regular urine and blood tests. Edema is produced by 3 things: 1) kidney issues, 2) venous insufficiency, 3) heart issues.
My urinalyses were fine. Protein negative.
My CMPs were fine. Creatinine was anywhere from .97 to 1.07. eGFR was anywhere from 86-102.
I don't think I have venous insufficiency because it's both ankles.
I'm wondering if it's heart issues because of pfizer and moderna, but the fact that diet changes it confuses me.
It's not sodium. I can eat a LOT of salt and be just fine. BP is fine, if anything it's very low after the 3rd dose.
So recently the edema started again. I can press on my leg and it makes a large pit which stays there for minutes.
What have I been eating? Tacos (made myself) using ground pork and natural ingredients. I thought it was the flour shells, because I hadn't used wheat in a long time, but when I made the tacos again using corn shells instead, that happened again.
The other bizarre thing is my pee is super foamy when I eat meat. I've had lots of urine tests and they're all fine. Foamy urine is regularly kidney concerns when protein is in the urine. I've had 4 urine tests, including one where I took the cup home and waited until I had foam in my pee, got that sample, and tested it. Normal. The thing is, when I fast the foam goes below. So they doctor says "everything is fine!" and I say "well my urine was normal!" So I took the container home. I waited until It was foamy, got some, and had it tested. Normal.
The foamy urine and the edema still has me worried about kidney stuff but everything was aright. I had a kidney ultrasound which was normal, too.
Can diet really cause this much edema? I mean this is crazy.