Peripheral edema is your extremeties, hands, feet, arms and legs. Peripheral edema usually affects feet and legs.

Yes, increased hydrostatic pressure can lead to peripheral edema. It is caused by poor fluid reabsorption. There are several causes of peripheral edema including heart failure, pulmonary edema, nephritic syndromes, and lymphedema.

There are 6 types of edema. Generalized edema, skin edema, peripheral edema, corneal edema, cerebral edema, pulmonary edema, myxedema and lymphedema.

The fluids secreted in the body due to peripheral edema may form a layer around the lungs which do not allow the inflow or out flow of oxygen freely may cause difficulty in breathing.