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- Coughing
- Weakness
- Crackling noises when breathing
- Rapid intake of air upon exertion
- Showing an effort when breathing
- Blue tongue or lips (cyanosis)
- Collapse
- Secondary to left sided congestive heart failure
- Sodium and water retention increase the circulatory volume and venous pressure leading to fluid build-up
- A history of heart trouble (known or unknown) may be present
- Accumulated fluid has a higher concentration of protein, and the capillary pressure is normal
- The trigger for a noncardiogenic event will be trauma, for example.
- High sodium diet
- Dilated cardiomyopathy (enlarged heart)
- Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (thickening of walls of the heart)
- Mitral valve regurgitation (heart valve does not close properly, allowing blood to flow back into the heart)
- Electrocution
- Trauma to the head
- Secondary disease such as cancer
- Drowning
- Smoke inhalation
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