Fluid can build up in your feet, ankles, and legs—known as edema—or fluid can build up in your lungs, known as pulmonary edema. When this happens, organs such as your kidneys, liver, and lungs do not ...

Water retention is most common in the legs, ankles, and feet but can occur ... Other complications of water retention include pulmonary edema, a serious health condition caused by fluid buildup ...

The circumference of the legs should be measured from a ... elevated diastolic blood pressure. Pulmonary rales signify pulmonary edema. Performance of an echocardiogram may be indicated if cardiac ...