What are the most common causes of cardiogenic edema

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Cardiogenic edema is a disease that most people don't know much about. It is the body edema caused by heart dysfunction, heart disease caused by various reasons. When we are in stress failure, we will have the symptoms of edema. In addition, it is often accompanied by right heart failure and high venous pressure and other symptoms and signs, such as hepatomegaly, asthma, and even pleural effusion and ascites. In addition, ECG, echocardiography, exercise tolerance and peak oxygen consumption are often used. Let's take a look at the following.

What are the most common causes of cardiogenic edema

First: Generally speaking, cardiogenic edema can be divided into systemic edema and local edema. According to the cause of disease to classify words, systemic edema and other categories, the common cause of performance, congestive heart failure and or chronic pericarditis. One of the categories, malnutrition, edema, often manifested as hypoproteinemia, vitamin Bi deficiency, etc.

Second: according to the etiology of localized edema, it can be divided into venous obstructive edema, common in varicose veins of lower limbs. Obstructive lymphedema is common in the legs of elephantiasis with filariasis. Inflammatory edema, common in erysipelas, cellulitis caused by local edema. Allergic edema, common in contact dermatitis.

Third: systemic edema, endocrine edema, common in Sheehan's disease, hypothyroidism and Cushing's syndrome, while edema caused by connective tissue disease is common in lupus erythematosus, scleroderma and dermatomyositis. There are other types of etiology may be manifested as anemic edema and toxic edema of pregnancy.

matters needing attention

Cardiac edema is due to abnormal cardiac function, resulting in abnormal cardiac ejection. Heart failure is the most common cause, so the best is cardiotonic therapy. Patients should go to the hospital for a comprehensive examination, and then do conditioning.