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Hypervolemia

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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]

Overview

Overview

Hypervolemia (or “Fluid overload”) is the medical condition where there is too much fluid in the blood. The fluid can either be intravascular or extravascular and result in edema.

The opposite condition is Hypovolemia (too little fluid volume in the blood).

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Causes

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