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What is the effect of EDEMA in the body?Does EDEMA has something to do with heart disease? Why? |
What is the effect of EDEMA in the body?Does EDEMA has something to do with heart disease? Why? Edema is due to accumulation of fliud in the body, it can be in the brain region, lower body part such as ankle swelling. Edema is the sign of heart failure, this is because the heart functions as a pump, if it does not pump properly, blood failed to return to the blood circulation and hence the upper part of body. As a feedback mechanism or compensation, reduced blood return to heart and kidney trigger a subtance called angiotensin which exacerbates the current situation and causes high blood pressure due to vasoconstriction of blood vessel. This is a vicious cycle if not corrected with medications I NOT SURE, BUT I THINK SO; and i've read that kidney failure is end results of heart-failure or vice vers--meaning that heart-failure MIGHT be end of kidney-failure; BUT I BELIEVE i read that kidney failure was END RESULT OF HEART FAILURE. ( MY MOM HAS HEART FAILURE); HOPE I DO NOT. AND MY MOM HAD OPEN-HEART BY-PASS SURGERY OVER ONE YR. AGO NOW BUT SHE SEEMS TO BE DOING PRETTY GOOD--except she is getting old timers' DISEASE ( ALZHERIMMER'S ") best wishes! Since your question id very specific so I presume here that you have clear idea about what is Edema...Now here I shall be explaining the relationship of edema and heart diseases. Edema is basically a condition which develops when there is leakage of clear fluid(plasma) out of our blood vessels(veins) and their collection/stagnation in the interestitial space(which is the space in between the veins and the tissues)...In short anything that increases the pressure in veins(thus forcing more fluid to move out and collect) makes edema which is apparent as swelling of our body parts, specailly dependent part eg legs, ankle(its so because due to gravity these fluid try to settle down).. Now lets discuss what kind of heart diseases makes edema...Diseases of the heart which has anything to do with increasing the back-pressure in the veins (which are draining inthe heart) makes the increased pressure in veins ....like if there is congestive heart failure then the heart functions less than what it should ideally do, which means that all the blood which is trying to enter heart is not able to enter fully and this makes inceasing back-pressure in these big veins which leads to sepage of fluids into interestitial space leading to Edema.......... Now my dear friends, there are plenty of reasons of edema...and also different diseases of heart has different mechanism of edema making ....but its difficult to explain all of them here.....but if there is any particular disease then you can simply ask me..I hope I could answer your query..Take care..Humm If am lucky enough then I might get 10 points each for your 3 similar questions..lol. I'm doc buddy.. |
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