subject: Causes of edema in feet and ankles - edema treatments with amiloride hydrochlorothiazide [print this page] Causes of edema which are generalized to the whole body can cause edema in multiple organs and peripherally. Peripheral edema is the swelling of tissues, usually in the lower limbs like feet ankle or legs, occurring due to the accumulation of fluids. Peripheral edema can also appear by sitting for a prolonged period of time or standing without moving. Some medicines are also known to cause or worsen the condition. According to most physicians, edema may occur before there is any significant protein in the urine (protein-uria) or fall in plasma protein level. Further studies also indicate that most forms of nephrotic syndrome are due to biochemical and structural changes in the basement membrane of capillaries in the kidney glomerulae, and these changes occur, if to a lesser degree, in the vessels of most other tissues of the body. Thus the resulting increase in permeability that leads to protein in the urine can explain the edema if all other vessels are more permeable as well.
Causes of edema in feet and ankles - edema treatments with amiloride hydrochlorothiazide
By: Bhupinder Kaur Khera
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