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Dependent swelling, meaning of any body part lower than the heart, (of any amount) has two primary causes which are linked together:
- effect of gravity on a dependent position
- poor venous return
Of more serious edema (swelling), especially pitting edema (+1 to +3), the primary cause in most cases is impaired circulation, specifically poor venous return to the heart. Again, because of gravity, the legs and feet are usually affected first. Any number of conditions and diseases can cause edema to develop. Pregnancy is usually a self-limiting cause-- meaning, the edema stops after the birth of the baby. Other conditions, like Heart disease, are not self-limiting, often cause chronic edema, and usually need medication intervention or treating the underlying condition. Edema is a symptom of a condition or disease.
Rick Satterfield
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∙ 10y agoThere are several causes, one is trauma which is a blunt force from outside acting on the lung tissue. This causes swelling which is the accumulation of fluid. Another is infection like pnuemonia. Another would be irritation from inhaled substances. Another is heart failure.
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∙ 8y agoDependent swelling, meaning of any body part lower than the heart, (of any amount) has two primary causes which are linked together:
- effect of gravity on a dependent position
- poor venous return
Of more serious edema (swelling), especially pitting edema (+1 to +3), the primary cause in most cases is impaired circulation, specifically poor venous return to the heart. Again, because of gravity, the legs and feet are usually affected first. Any number of conditions and diseases can cause edema to develop. Pregnancy is usually a self-limiting cause-- meaning, the edema stops after the birth of the baby. Other conditions, like Heart disease, are not self-limiting, often cause chronic edema, and usually need medication intervention or treating the underlying condition. Edema is a symptom of a condition or disease.
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∙ 8y agoThere are several different causes of edema. These causes include burns, chronic kidney disease, heart failure, liver failure, pregnancy, and poor nutrition.
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Excessive fluid retention
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Types of edema?
There are 6 types of edema. Generalized edema, skin edema, peripheral edema, corneal edema, cerebral edema, pulmonary edema, myxedema and lymphedema.
Flash Pulmonary Edema is located in what part of the body?
Flash pulmonary edema is a rapid onset edema that occurs in the lungs. Typically it is precipitated by a myocardial infarction or heart failure. Pulmonary edema is treated by treating the underlying cause which is most commonly some form of heart failure.
How do pulmonary agents cause pulmonary edema?
They damage the alveolar-capillary membrane
What is a noncardiogenic pulmonary edema?
A noncardiogenic pulmonary edema is an injury that effects the lungs. It means that it was not something that the body created but was a result from a blow to the body on the outside.
What is acute pulmonary edema?
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.
What Medication causes Flash Pulmonary Edema?
NSAIDS
What causes frothy white lung secretions?
Pulmonary edema, Congestive heart failure,
What does pulmonary edema do?
Pulmonary Edema is when liquids fill your lungs. It's caused by the left arterie failure.
Types of edema?
There are 6 types of edema. Generalized edema, skin edema, peripheral edema, corneal edema, cerebral edema, pulmonary edema, myxedema and lymphedema.
Can high hydrostatic pressure cause peripheral edema?
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.
Why is pulmonary edema treated with phlebotomy?
Patients with pulmonary edema may undergo phlebotomy procedures to decrease their total blood volume.
What develops within the pulmonary capillaries when the pressure increases?
pulmonary edema
Why does epinephrine induce pulmonary edema?
Increased after load caused by epinephrine's vasoconstrictive properties can cause difficulty ejecting blood from the left ventricle which causes backup into the pulmonary veins.
Flash Pulmonary Edema is located in what part of the body?
Flash pulmonary edema is a rapid onset edema that occurs in the lungs. Typically it is precipitated by a myocardial infarction or heart failure. Pulmonary edema is treated by treating the underlying cause which is most commonly some form of heart failure.
What happens in pulmonary edema?
Normally very little to no fluid enters the alveoli of the lungs. In pulmonary edema there is increased pressure in the pulmonary veins. So fluid escapes in the alveoli of the lungs, making transfer of the oxygen impossible from such alveoli. Patient feels suffocated and starve for oxygen, in pulmonary edema.
How mitral stenosis complicated by pulmonary fibrosis?
Because pulmonary fibrosis causes hypoxia which further aggravates pulmonary edema & hence pulmonary hypertension which further increases the back pressure thus ultimately leading to more complicated mitral stenosis.
What is the causes of edema?
Pulmonary edema is caused either because of direct injury to lung parenchyma or because of the heart's inability to function adequately which then later forces fluids into the air sacs of the lungs.
