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Edema is abnormal retention of fluid in your body.

Symptoms include:
- After walking or standing your feet and legs appear swollen and skin appears stretched and shiny (especially at the end of the day)
- Shoes feel unusually tight
- When you make a fist, your hand feels abnormally tight.
- The ring on your finger is too tight
- Stomach or abdomen is swollen
- When you remove your socks there is an indentation from the elastic that remains there longer than normal
- There is swelling or puffiness under your skin and when you press on your skin a dimple remains which is slow to disappear.

It is important to contact your physician if:
- Experience difficulty breathing, rapid breathing, or shortness of breath
- If you urinate a small amount or none at all
- Gained more than 5 pounds in a week or short period of time
- Chest pain
- When touching your hands and feet they feel cold Edema is abnormal retention of fluid in your body.

Symptoms include:
- After walking or standing your feet and legs appear swollen and skin appears stretched and shiny (especially at the end of the day)
- Shoes feel unusually tight
- When you make a fist, your hand feels abnormally tight.
- The ring on your finger is too tight
- Stomach or abdomen is swollen
- When you remove your socks there is an indentation from the elastic that remains there longer than normal
- There is swelling or puffiness under your skin and when you press on your skin a dimple remains which is slow to disappear.

It is important to contact your physician if:
- Experience difficulty breathing, rapid breathing, or shortness of breath
- If you urinate a small amount or none at all
- Gained more than 5 pounds in a week or short period of time
- Chest pain
- When touching your hands and feet they feel cold




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