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Is there any other reason for severe edema other than Heart Disease? |
Is there any other reason for severe edema other than Heart Disease? Other than heart disease, liver disease, kidney failure, venous insufficiency, severe electrolyte abnormalities. If the edema is limited to the lower limbs venous compression within the pelvis could be a cause as well. Whole body edema - anasarca - is seen in end-stage liver disease and in the acute scenarios of fluid overload or severe sepsis. The most common reasons for edema in the absence of heart disease are liver and kidney failure. Both of these result in the loss of protein from the blood. This in turns allows the blood to leak out into the tissues, causing edema. severe edema may occur in 1.kidney disease 2.liver disease 3.starvation and several other causes. severe edema needs to be to co-related with other symptoms and signs to arrive at a diagnosis. some medications can do it. most commonly calcium channel blockers |
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