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Oedema

Oedema: Introduction

Oedema: The abnormal retention of fluid in a given anatomical area. See detailed information below for a list of 120 causes of Oedema, Symptom Checker, including diseases and drug side effect causes.

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Causes of Oedema:

The following medical conditions are some of the possible causes of Oedema. There are likely to be other possible causes, so ask your doctor about your symptoms.

• Hypoabluminemia
• Impaired lymphatic drainage
• Pregnancy
• Heart failure
• Renal disease
• Nephrotic syndrome
• Acute poststreptococcal glomerulonephritis (see Glomerulonephritis)
• Proliferative nephropathy
• Membranous nephropathy
• Focal glomerulosclerosis
• Systemic lupus erythematosus
• Amyloidosis
• Diabetic nephropathy
• Constrictive pericarditis
• Cyanotic congenital heart disease (see Cyanosis)
• Allergy
• Liver disease
• Cryptogenic cirrhosis
• Alcoholic cirrhosis
• Chronic active hepatitis
• Intestinal lymphoma
• Giant hypertrophic gastritis
• Menetrier's disease
• Coeliac disease
• Ulcerative colitis
• Crohn's disease
• Stomach tumor
• Colon tumor
• Intestinal allergy
• Malnutrition
• more causes...»

See full list of 120 causes of Oedema

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Causes of Types of Oedema:

Review causes of types of Oedema in more specific categories:

• Oedema in children (10 causes)
• Oedema in pregnancy (19 causes)
• more types...»

Review causes of more specific types of Oedema:

• Unilateral Oedema
• Generalised Oedema (36 causes)
• more types...»

See full list of 4 types for Oedema

Oedema: Symptom Checker

Listed below are some combinations of symptoms associated with Oedema, as listed in our database. Visit the Symptom Checker, to add and remove symptoms and research your condition.

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• Oedema and Swelling symptoms (55 causes)
• Oedema and Nerve symptoms (45 causes)
• Oedema and Sensory symptoms (45 causes)
• Oedema and Abdominal symptoms (42 causes)
• Oedema and Head symptoms (41 causes)
• Oedema and Pain (40 causes)
• Oedema and Skin symptoms (40 causes)
• Oedema and Edema (39 causes)
• Oedema and Sensations (39 causes)
• Oedema and Skin problems (35 causes)
• Oedema and Digestive symptoms (35 causes)
• Oedema and Fatigue (35 causes)
• Oedema and Muscle symptoms (35 causes)
• Oedema and Weakness (35 causes)
• Oedema and Body symptoms (34 causes)
• Oedema and Musculoskeletal symptoms (33 causes)
• Oedema and Muscle weakness (32 causes)
• Oedema and Cardiovascular symptoms (30 causes)
• Oedema and Bleeding symptoms (30 causes)
• Oedema and Energy symptoms (29 causes)
• more...»

See full list of 501 Symptom Checkers for Oedema

Oedema Treatments

Some of the possible treatments listed in sources for treatment of Oedema may include:

• Amiloride - usually for edema associated with congestive heart failure
• Apo-Amilzide - usually for edema associated with congestive heart failure
• Midamor - usually for edema associated with congestive heart failure
• Moduret - usually for edema associated with congestive heart failure
• Moduretic - usually for edema associated with congestive heart failure
• Novamilor - usually for edema associated with congestive heart failure
• more treatments...»

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Oedema: Comorbid Symptoms

Some of the comorbid or associated medical symptoms for Oedema may include these symptoms:

• Swelling symptoms
• Nerve symptoms
• Sensory symptoms
• Abdominal symptoms
• Head symptoms
• Pain
• Skin symptoms
• Edema
• Sensations
• Skin problems
• more associated symptoms...»

See all associated comorbid symptoms for Oedema

Causes of General Symptom Types

Research the causes of these more general types of symptom:

• Swelling symptoms (3730 causes)
• more symptoms...»

Causes of Similar Symptoms to Oedema

Research the causes of these symptoms that are similar to, or related to, the symptom Oedema:

• Swelling symptoms (3730 causes)
• Skin lump (36 causes)
• Swollen legs (576 causes)
• Hypoalbuminemia (18 causes)
• Impaired lymphatic drainage
• Pregnancy (699 causes)
• Heart failure (274 causes)
• Renal disease
• Nephrotic syndrome
• Acute poststreptococcal glomerulonephritis
• Proliferative nephropathy
• Membranous nephropathy
• Focal glomerulosclerosis
• Systemic lupus erythematosus (14 causes)
• more symptoms...»

Oedema: Deaths

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Causes of Oedema listed in Disease Database:

Other medical conditions listed in the Disease Database as possible causes of Oedema as a symptom include:

• Acanthocheilonemiasis
• Acute phase reaction
• Altitude sickness, acute
• Amlodipine
• Anthrax
• Aspirin
• C1 esterase inhibitor (C1-INH) deficiency
• Cachexia
• Carbenoxolone
• Carcinoid tumours and carcinoid syndrome
• Cardiac failure, right sided
• more causes...»

See full list of 120 causes of Oedema
- (Source - Diseases Database)

Definitions of Oedema:

Accumulation of an excessive amount of watery fluid in cells or intercellular tissues.
- (Source - Diseases Database)

Detailed list of causes of Oedema

The list below shows some of the causes of Oedema mentioned in various sources:

• Acanthocheilonemiasis
• Acute phase reaction
• Acute poststreptococcal glomerulonephritis
• Acute urinary conditions - Oedema
• Alcoholic cirrhosis
• more causes...»

See full list of 120 causes of Oedema

How Common are these Causes of Oedema?

This information refers to the general prevalence and incidence of these diseases, not to how likely they are to be the actual cause of Oedema. Of the 120 causes of Oedema that we have listed, we have the following prevalence/incidence information:

• 4 causes are "very common" diseases
• 8 causes are "common" diseases
• 3 causes are "uncommon" diseases
• 1 causes are "rare" diseases
• 8 causes are "very rare" diseases
• 109 causes have no prevalence information.

See the analysis of the prevalence of 120 causes of Oedema

Conditions listing medical symptoms: Oedema:

The following list of conditions have 'Oedema' or similar listed as a symptom in our database. This computer-generated list may be inaccurate or incomplete. Always seek prompt professional medical advice about the cause of any symptom.

Select from the following alphabetical view of conditions which include a symptom of Oedema or choose View All.

A

• Acute urinary conditions ... Oedema
• Autoimmune Vasculitis ... Oedema

M

• Microcephaly -- mental retardation -- retinopathy ... oedema
• Mitral valve disease ... Oedema
• Mousa-Al Din-Al Nassar syndrome ... oedema

O

• Optic nerve coloboma with renal disease ... oedema

P

• Primary Hyperaldosteronism ... Oedema

S

• Skin allergies ... Oedema
• Skin conditions ... Oedema
• Skin rash ... Oedema
• Suffocation ... Oedema

U

• Urticaria ... Oedema

V

• Vasculitis hypersensitivity ... Oedema
• VLCAD deficiency ... Oedema

W

• Wegmann Jones Smith syndrome ... Oedema
• Wells syndrome ... Oedema

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Causes of Oedema Based on Risk Factors

This information shows analysis of the list of causes of Oedema based on whether certain risk factors apply to the patient:

Travel - has the patient travelled recently?

Diabetes - history of diabetes or family history of diabetes?

What are the alternative names for Oedema:

Anasarca, Edema
- (Source - Diseases Database)

Classifications of Oedema:

Medical Conditions associated with Oedema:

Swelling symptoms (3730 causes)

Symptoms related to Oedema:

Swelling symptoms (3730 causes), Skin lump (36 causes), Swollen legs (576 causes), Hypoalbuminemia (18 causes), Impaired lymphatic drainage, Pregnancy (699 causes), Heart failure (274 causes), Renal disease, Nephrotic syndrome, Acute poststreptococcal glomerulonephritis, Proliferative nephropathy, Membranous nephropathy, Focal glomerulosclerosis, Systemic lupus erythematosus (14 causes)

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Related medical articles from our Disease Center for Edema:

• Introduction: Edema
• Basic Summary for Edema
• Types of Edema
• Causes of Edema
• Treatments for Oedema
• Drug Causes of Edema
• Symptoms of Edema
• Misdiagnosis of Edema
• Treatments for Edema

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