II. Causes: Bilateral Lower Extremity Edema - Cardiovascular
- Decreased Cardiac Output
- Congestive Heart Failure
- Left Heart Failure results in Pulmonary Edema
- Right Heart Failure results in Generalized Edema
- Constrictive Pericarditis
- Pericarditis with effusion
- Congestive Heart Failure
- Venous Obstruction
- Inferior vein obstruction
- Venous obstruction due to intraluminal metastasis
- Thrombophlebitis
- Decreased venous tone
- Seen in sedentary patients
III. Causes: Bilateral Lower Extremity Edema - Non-cardiovascular
- Gastrointestinal
- Hepatic Cirrhosis or liver failure
- Portal Vein obstruction
- Protein-losing Enteropathy
- Renal
- Malnutrition or Hypoalbuminemia
-
Carbohydrate Loading or cyclic Carbohydrate binging
- Patients who fast during week and eat on weekends
- Frequent travelers with altered eating habits
- Anorexia Nervosa
- Bulimia Nervosa
- Miscellaneous causes
- Pregnancy Induced Hypertension (after 20 weeks gestation)
- Tight clothing (e.g. garter belt)
- Medication Causes of Edema
- Menstruation or pregnancy
- Systemic Vasculitis
- Idiopathic Edema
- Allergic Reaction (e.g. Angioedema)
- Obstructive Sleep Apnea
- Mechanisms include Pulmonary Hypertension
- Thyroid Disease
- Hypothyroidism: Generalized Myxedema
- Hyperthyroidism: Pretibial Myxedema (in Grave's Disease)
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| Concepts | Sign or Symptom (T184) |
| SnomedCT | 449614009, 267040003, 203134002, 139244003, 161982007, 275319005 |
| English | swollen legs feet, swollen leg, leg swelling, lower extremity swelling, swelling of legs, Swollen;leg, legs swelling, legs feet swollen, swollen feet/legs, leg swollen, swollen feet legs, swollen legs, feet legs swollen, swollen feet leg, Swelling of lower limb, Swelling of lower limb (finding), Leg swelling (finding), Swelling of legs, Hindlimb swelling, Leg swelling, Swollen leg, Swollen legs, Swollen legs (finding), leg; swelling, swelling; leg |
| Spanish | tumefacción de miembro inferior (hallazgo), tumefacción de miembro inferior, tumefacción de pierna (hallazgo), edema de extremidad inferior, tumefacción de pierna, Hinchazón de piernas, piernas tumefactas (hallazgo), piernas tumefactas |
| Czech | Zduření nohou |
| Dutch | zwelling van benen, been; zwelling, zwelling; been |
| French | Gonflement des jambes |
| German | Schwellung der Beine |
| Hungarian | Lábszár duzzanat |
| Italian | Rigonfiamento delle gambe |
| Japanese | 下肢腫脹, ｶｼｼｭﾁｮｳ |
| Portuguese | Tumefacção das pernas |
