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Can you get severe edema from wheelchair confinement?
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Yes: Wheel chair confinement can cause edema because of gravity specialy in hot weather , please elevate legs as possible.
Answered 6/10/2013
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Edema: Yes, your lower extremity venous return can be blocked, inmobilization can cause loss of muscle mass and also incomptence of valves in veins of lower extremities.
Answered 9/11/2017
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