Too much sodium
causes oedema because sodium holds on to water and keeps it in the body.
Not exact matches
This steady seepage
causes tissues to swell, a condition called
oedema.
«Inhibiting DGKi seems to reverse the effects of cystic fibrosis, but not block ENaC completely,» says Margarida Amaral from the University of Lisboa, «indeed, inhibiting DGKi reduces ENaC activity enough for cells to go back to normal, but not so much that they
cause other problems, like pulmonary
oedema.»
This type of peripheral
oedema can be
caused by thrombosis (blood clot) or varicose veins.
With puffiness you have to exclude heart problems naturally, which may
cause pitting
oedema.
This overloads the atrium and
causes fluid to leak out of the blood vessels into the lungs (known as pulmonary
oedema).
Electricity from an electric shock can damage the lungs and
cause them to fill with fluid, making it difficult for your dog to breathe — this life threatening condition is called pulmonary
oedema.
Chagas» disease - A parasitic disease
caused by the Trypanosoma cruzi and transmitted by triatomine bugs in the Americas, with two clinical periods: acute (fever, swelling of the spleen,
oedemas) and chronic (digestive syndrome, potentially fatal heart condition).