why is there EDEMA wen u have LIVER CIRRHOSIS?

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why is there EDEMA wen u have LIVER CIRRHOSIS?

2006-06-15 00:58:04 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Medicine

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your liver cleans your body and when its not working the wast piles up causing swelling

2006-06-15 10:09:35 · answer #1 · answered by priestess 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋

Liver makes albumin, a protein that helps hold in the fluid. With cirrhosis, the liver cannot make enough albumin, and the fluid leaks into the tissue and....voila-edema

2006-06-15 13:45:24 · answer #2 · answered by J 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋