Edema with dyspnea, cyanosis

Introduction

Introduction When there is excessive fluid accumulation in the interstitial space of the human body, it is called edema. Purple sable refers to the darkness of the lips and nails. Edema with dyspnea and cyanosis is prompted by heart disease, beriberi, and superior vena cava obstruction syndrome.

Cause

Cause

Due to heart disease, beriberi, and superior vena cava obstruction syndrome. The subjectively has a feeling of lack of air or difficulty in breathing; and objectively manifests as changes in respiratory rate, depth, and rhythm. Most of the sudden occurrences are due to acute traumatic or spontaneous pneumothorax, acute asthma, acute exacerbation of acute endotracheal heart disease, and acute pulmonary infarction. Slow chest tightness is aggravating symptoms as the disease progresses.

Examine

an examination

Related inspection

Ultrasound diagnosis of cardiovascular disease

Mitral stenosis: due to pulmonary congestion, edema, patients with dyspnea, purpura, cough with bloody foam sputum; right heart failure, due to systemic congestion, jugular vein engorgement, hepatosplenomegaly, lower extremity edema, and Body cavity effusion and other performance.

Athlete's foot disease: lethargy, weak limbs, shortness of breath and difficulty, cyanosis, varying degrees of edema, begin to have concave edema in the feet, gradually develop to the knees, thighs and even the whole body.

Superior vena cava syndrome caused by superior vena cava stenosis and obstruction is a common group of clinical syndromes, most of which are caused by malignant tumor compression and invasion of the superior vena cava. Typical clinical manifestations include dyspnea, upper limbs, neck and face. Department of purpura, edema.

Diagnosis

Differential diagnosis

Differential diagnosis of edema with difficulty in breathing and purpura:

1) edema with hepatomegaly: edema with the right upper rib can be swollen and swollen liver is common in hepatogenic edema, dystrophic edema, cardiogenic edema. Cardiac edema is accompanied by jugular vein engorgement.

2) edema with proteinuria: edema with severe proteinuria is mostly renal edema. Mild proteinuria can also be seen in cardiogenic edema in addition to nephrotic edema. Edema during pregnancy, proteinuria is more common in gestational poisoning edema.

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