What reason is right leg oedema?

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There are many causes of edema, such as heart, liver, spleen, lung, kidney dysfunction, inflammation can cause, Qi and blood disorders, hypothyroidism, endocrine disorders, rheumatism, allergy, functional edema can also cause. What reason is right leg oedema? Let me talk about it

What reason is right leg oedema?

1. Renal edema. Acute nephritis, chronic nephritis or nephropathy, due to decreased renal blood flow, sodium, water retention, capillary permeability *, too much protein lost in urine, will cause plasma colloid osmotic pressure to reduce, so that interstitial tissue has accumulated liquid and cause edema.

Cardiac edema. When right heart failure occurs in various heart diseases, due to the venous blood can not flow back smoothly, the venous pressure increases, body fluid leakage into the tissue space, causing edema.

3. Hepatic edema. Liver damage, obstruction of portal venous return, increased portal venous pressure, and low plasma albumin in liver failure can cause edema.

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It can be seen that there are many reasons for leg swelling, which can be a symptom of systemic diseases or one of the symptoms of local diseases of lower limbs. Therefore, we must go to the internal medicine department of the hospital for a comprehensive examination to find out the cause, so as to carry out reasonable treatment.