Symptom Finder - Facial and Periorbital Edema
Facial and Periorbital Edema
Looking for jugular vein distention helps differentiate a superior vena cava syndrome and congestive heart failure from the most likely cause of this condition, namely acute glomerulonephritis or nephrosis. Also in congestive heart failure, there are usually crepitant rales at the right lung
base. If there is fever and chemosis, the physician should be alert to the possibility of cavernous sinus thrombosis.
Looking for jugular vein distention helps differentiate a superior vena cava syndrome and congestive heart failure from the most likely cause of this condition, namely acute glomerulonephritis or nephrosis. Also in congestive heart failure, there are usually crepitant rales at the right lung
base. If there is fever and chemosis, the physician should be alert to the possibility of cavernous sinus thrombosis.
