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What Causes Swelling In The Feet And Face?

57 yr old man - swollen feet, swollen face area, for the last 2 weeks - was walking bend to the right - fell backward and hit his head hard(4 days ago) has been throwing up, heart burn, burping and diarreha. Any guess as to what is going on - can t make him go to doctor HELP!
Mon, 29 May 2017
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swelling in face and feet are seen in most commenly in the following three condition.
1)cardic cause
specially right heart sided working deficiency may present with swelling.
sometime,there may be breathlessness in right heart failure .
2)liver cause
liver function hampering may cause hypoproteinemia(less protein in blood) that indirecly produce swelling too.
3)renal cause
renal function defect also produce swelling on face and feet.

so ,based on clinical examination,the judgement can be made which system is involved and lab. investigation are made in that direction and treatment can be given accordingly.
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What Causes Swelling In The Feet And Face?

swelling in face and feet are seen in most commenly in the following three condition. 1)cardic cause specially right heart sided working deficiency may present with swelling. sometime,there may be breathlessness in right heart failure . 2)liver cause liver function hampering may cause hypoproteinemia(less protein in blood) that indirecly produce swelling too. 3)renal cause renal function defect also produce swelling on face and feet. so ,based on clinical examination,the judgement can be made which system is involved and lab. investigation are made in that direction and treatment can be given accordingly.