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Major causes of bilateral lower extremity edema

Major causes of bilateral lower extremity edema
Acute edema
  • Medications
  • Heart failure
  • Nephrotic syndrome
  • Venous thrombosis
  • Acute worsening of chronic causes
Chronic edema
  • Venous insufficiency
  • Heart failure
    • Left-sided with preserved or reduced ejection fraction
    • Right-sided
      • Pulmonary hypertension (including sleep apnea)
    • Restrictive pericarditis
    • Restrictive cardiomyopathy
  • Kidney disease (including nephrotic syndrome)
  • Liver disease
  • Premenstrual edema
  • Pregnancy
  • Malnutrition (including malabsorption and protein-losing enteropathy)
  • Pelvic compression (including tumor or lymphoma)
  • Dependent edema
  • Sodium or fluid overload (including parenteral fluids, antibiotics, and other drugs with large amounts of sodium)
  • Refeeding edema
  • Idiopathic edema
  • Inflammation (including sepsis)
  • Medications
Chronic lymphedema
  • Primary lymphedema (presenting in childhood)
  • Secondary lymphedema (including lymph node dissection)
  • Thyroid disease (myxedema)
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