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Pulmonary edema is swelling in the lungs. The swelling is from fluid. The fluid causes the exchange of oxygen with co2 to become impaired. The result is hypoxia which is lack of oxygen in the blood.

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P.E (Pulmonary Edema) is a build up of fluid within the lungs.

This is rectified usually, by inserting a drain into the plureal cavity (spaces between the ribs) and the fluid is drained from the lung(s).

P.E can cause trouble breathing, ischemic pain and a tight chest.

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It is a build up of fluids in the lungs causing it harder to breathe.

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Acute means "right now" So it would be accumulation of fluid in the lungs that presents itself as a problem that is immediate.

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The simple way to describe it is drowning in your own fluids.

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pulmonary = pertaining to the lungs

edema (not odema) = swelling by fluids

pulmonary edema = abnormal accumulation of fluid in the lungs

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These are following symptoms of Pulmonary Edema:

  • Headache
  • Insomnia
  • Fluid retention
  • Cough
  • Shortness of breath

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