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2. Why Does Heart Failure Cause Swollen Feet?

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   What causes swollen feet? An edema-related swelling or a bloated feeling occurs when excess fluid gets trapped in the body’s tissues. Although edema can happen with heart failure, it can also ...

3. Pericardial effusion - Wikipedia

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   Fluid may be also sent for gram stain, acid fast stain, or culture if high suspicion of infectious cause. [1] Bloody fluids may also be evaluated for malignant cells. [13] Fluid analysis may result in: transudative effusion: due to non-inflammatory causes (congestive heart failure, myxoedema, nephrotic syndrome)

4. Transfusion-associated circulatory overload - Wikipedia

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   In the lungs, the extra fluid accumulates into the air sacs within the lung, causing difficulties in oxygen getting into the blood. This results in low blood oxygen levels and shortness of breath. In the arms and legs, the fluid accumulates in the tissues, causing swelling. This is most prominent in the legs due to the effects of gravity.

5. Peripheral edema - Wikipedia

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   The condition is commonly associated with vascular and cardiac changes associated with aging but can be caused by many other conditions, including congestive heart failure, kidney failure, liver cirrhosis, portal hypertension, trauma, alcoholism, altitude sickness, pregnancy, hypertension, sickle cell anemia, a compromised lymphatic system or merely long periods of time sitting or standing ...

6. Heart failure - Wikipedia

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   The role of the heart in fluid retention began to be better appreciated, as dropsy of the chest (fluid accumulation in and around the lungs causing shortness of breath) became more familiar and the current concept of heart failure, which brings together swelling and shortage of breath due to fluid retention, began to be accepted, in the 17th ...

7. 11 causes of chest pain that aren't a heart attack - AOL

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   A pulmonary embolism is a blood clot that's made its way to the arteries that connect the heart and the lungs, which can cause chest discomfort and shortness of breath, Blankstein explains.