Oedema

Question 0

Increased capillary filtration pressure can mainly cause dependant oedema. Explain.

Answer 0

• Increased venous pressure
• Inflammatory response
• Increased volume

Question 1

What is oedema?

Answer 1

Palpable swelling produced by expansion of the interstitial fluid volume.

Question 2

Decreased capillary colloidal osmotic pressure can mainly cause systemic oedema. What can this lead too?

Answer 2

• Liver failure
• Starvation (berry belly)
• Renal disease
• Burns

Question 3

What can increased capillary permeability cause?

Answer 3

• trauma
• burns
• inflammation
• immune responses

Question 4

What can obstruction of the lymph glands cause?

Answer 4

• infection of lymph glands
• lymphedema (post mastectomy)
• trauma
• paralysis (no lymph pumping)
• chronic venous insufficiency