Consequences of Edema

The consequences of edema located mainly in the mechanical obstruction of the affected body organ function. We see, for example, pulmonary edema, alveolar cavity filled with fluid prevents gas exchange through the walls of the alveoli edema aryepiglottic folds (glottis edema) results in narrowing of the respiratory tract and sometimes die by this mechanism, optic nerve edema can cause blindness, the pressure of ascites fluid can compress the inferior vena cava and thus produce blood stagnation in the field of glass roots, accumulation of fluid in the chest compress the lungs and can be dangerous by causing mediastinal shift occasionally.