Edema

Edema

Edema due to cardiac failure is usually dependent edema with accumulation of fluid in the feet and ankle region. It will be over the sacrum in recumbent patients. In severe cases, the edema becomes generalized, with associated collection “of fluid in body cavities like pleural effusion (collection of fluid in the pleural cavity) and ascites (collection of fluid in the peritoneal cavity). Isolated puffiness of face is usually a feature of edema of early renal failure.

Ascites precox

 Ascites precox ascites disproportionate to edema in heart disease. It is a feature of constrictive pericarditis, a disease in which the covering of the heart is thickened and often calcified. Ascites precox can occur in other conditions like endomyocardial fibrosis, a form of heart muscle disease.