Its a very serious medical question?!


Question: Its a very serious medical question!?
today i went to the hospital, i saw that the person i know had completely swelled up, the whole entire body!. i was told it was because of the water going to the body!. This person is close to death!. i just want to know the medical term of this so i can look it up!. n understand!. if u could tell me thank u alot!.it means a great dealWww@Answer-Health@Com


Answers:
edema
There are different kinds!.
You can have fluid retention (water) which is edema!.
You can have fluid build up in your lymphatic system (frequently happens following surgery)
You can have fluids build up in your vascular system (veins returning blood to the heart) which can lead to congestive heart failure!.
Or it could be something else entirely!.Www@Answer-Health@Com

I think the term you are after is oedema (also spelled edema)!. This means that fluid builds up in the tissue outside the blood vessels causing swelling!.Www@Answer-Health@Com

Its called Third spacing!. Fluid is leaving intracellular spaces and moving into extracellular spaces!.Www@Answer-Health@Com





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