Does Edema Mean Kidney Disease

Though some people do not walk a lot, his or her legs are swollen badly. And some people wake up and find their face is swollen. As we all know, these are called edema. Normally, after blood circulation and lymph circulation, water absorbing from food and drink will be carried out of body by sweat glands and urinary tract. The fact that people are easy to have symptom of edema may indicate that the two systems of them may be out of order. At this time, many people will have a question: Is my kidney out of order? Then does edema mean kidney disease? Let's see it together.

Don't worry about edema. In fact, there are many reasons which can cause edema as follows:

1. Cardiac edema

It is mainly the manifestation of right heart failure.

2. Renal edema

Renal edema refers to various nephritis and kidney diseases. At the early stage of kidney disease, this kind of edema is characterised by palpebral and facial edema after waking up in the morning. Later general edema will occur.

3. Hepatic edema

Hepatic edema often occurs at Liver Cirrhosis patients.