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You are talking about "heart failure". There are two kinds. Edema (swelling) in the feet happens when the heart is having trouble pumping blood out of the body and to the lungs for oxygenation. Because of this, fluids build up in the extremities. Sometimes the heart has trouble pumping blood out of the lungs and back into the body's general circulation. In this case the build-up of fluid is in the lungs.
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∙ 14y agoWhen the heart becomes weak it can't pump blood against gravity as well. Need to exercise and get the legs moving which causes muscles to squeeze blood back to heart. Otherwise it just pools up and swells.
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