The Beaumont Enterprise: Do your indoor plants have edema? We'll tell you how to treat it. Do your indoor plants have edema?

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We'll tell you how to treat it. Overview Edema is swelling caused by too much fluid trapped in the body's tissues. Edema can affect any part of the body. But it's more likely to show up in the legs and feet.

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Medicines and pregnancy can cause edema. It also can be the result of a disease, such as congestive heart failure, kidney disease, venous insufficiency or cirrhosis of the liver. Diagnosis To understand the cause of your edema, a health care provider will do a physical exam and ask about your medical history. This might be enough to figure out the cause. Sometimes, diagnosis might require blood tests, ultrasound exams, vein studies or others.

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Treatment Mild edema usually goes away on its own. Wearing compression garments and raising the affected arm or leg higher than ... Diagnóstico Para comprender la causa del edema, el proveedor de atención médica te hará un examen físico y te preguntará sobre tus antecedentes médicos. Tal vez esto sea suficiente para determinar la causa. A veces, el diagnóstico puede requerir análisis de sangre, ecografías y estudios de venas, entre otros. Pulmonary edema is a condition caused by too much fluid in the lungs.

This fluid collects in the many air sacs in the lungs, making it difficult to breathe. In most cases, heart problems cause pulmonary edema. But fluid can collect in the lungs for other reasons. These include pneumonia, contact with certain toxins, medications, trauma to the chest wall, and traveling to or exercising at high ...