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Severe edema from waist down, worsening daily, caused by proteinuria (+2), does not respond to diuretics, no hbp, no diabetes, kideny,heart ok.cause?

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IVC occlusion: Whoa. +2 proteinuria does not cause massive edema of your lower body. I suspect you have occlusion of your inferior vena cava by a thrombus perhaps propagated from a renal vein, or occlusion by somthing, perhaps tumor in or around it. Get with a consultant physician who's a good communicator.

Answered 10/3/2016

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A member asked:

Severe edema from waist down, worsening daily, caused by proteinuria (+2), does not respond to diuretics, no hbp, no diabetes, kideny,heart ok.cause?

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