Facial edema can be caused by physiological or pathological factors, and pathological factors may include diseases such as hypothyroidism, nephrotic syndrome or cirrhosis of the liver.
1. Physiological factors: If you drink a lot of water or eat too much salt before going to bed at night, you may have facial edema when you wake up in the morning.
2. Hypothyroidism: its occurrence can be related to iodine deficiency, autoimmune diseases, destruction of thyroid tissues or application of antimethylene drugs, etc. It can cause edema of the eyelids and cheeks, and is accompanied by a variety of clinical manifestations such as indifference to expression and loss of hair.
3. Nephrotic syndrome: the onset of the disease can be related to genetic, infectious, immune and other causes of renal disease, there can be a large amount of proteinuria, so due to hypoalbuminemia, plasma colloid osmolality decreased as well as the activation of the renin – angiotensin – aldosterone system, caused by tissue edema, so there can be facial edema.
4. Cirrhosis: In cirrhosis, the synthetic function of the liver decreases, and the level of albumin generated decreases, so there can be hypoalbuminemia, and at this time, due to the increase of interstitial fluid, there can be facial edema.
Facial edema occurs frequently, you can go to the hospital specialist, follow the doctor’s instructions on the cause of the symptomatic treatment.