Pulmonary edema : The general meaning of edema means swelling. Pulmonary edema is that condition which is caused by too much fluid in the lungs, which leads to shortness of breath and swelling. It includes impaired gas exchange and cause respiratory failure, heart not removing fluid from blood circulation it occurs to the lung parenchyma. This will also cause too much pressure in the blood vessels which not occupied enough protein. Pulmonary edema can become a serious life threatening disease. It is also caused by acute serve, asthma or exercising. Causes of Pulmonary edema : Most often pulmonary edema causes due to heart failure or other infections. When heart fails then lung starts to rise also causes from high pressure in blood vessels due to poor heart function, heart attack. It is also caused by directly damaged to the lungs Some other risk of Pulmonary edema: Kidney failure: When your kidney fails to remove waste then it causes pulmonary edema. Lung Infections: When edema is occu...