Leaky Capillaries Create Edema

Edema is the accumulation of fluid in extracellular interstitial fluids due to leakiness of vessels and capillaries.
There are also cases of a blocked lymph system but I will put that aside for now.
Leakiness  can be from damage to the vessel and capillary endothilium. 

The prevailing theory has been attributed as a protein problem involving albumin that supposedly maintains osmotic pressure across capillaries (Starling’s theory).
That never made sense to me and does not explain how vessels could be damaged and leaky.
Actually “leaky vessels” is considered a rare condition when the person swells up everywhere.

This protein problem was primarily attributed to nephritic syndrome or “leaky kidneys” of losing proteins. Or, it could be attributed to the liver not making enough albumin.
This is a real problem that can be measured in the urine as proteinuria, but it does not explain leaking capillaries.
It is now recognized that vessel integrity depends on the outer protective layer over the vessel lining or endothelium called the glycocalyx.

The glycocalyx is a complete substance with many proteins, lipids and sugars.
Some of highlights are sulfates from sulfur, cholesterol sulfate what I have written about elsewhere and proteins.
Other aspects of vessel structure include the basement layer of collagen.

For vessel, kidney and heart repair. I believe it takes a lot of protein. One thing I learned from carnivore testimonials, even though I am not that, is that large amounts of protein work to heal many things. Gut health enables eating more and producing more vitamins of many kinds and short chain fatty acids that have been shown to aid healing. That’s what I see as most promising to heal leaking vessels that contribute to higher blood pressure. It’s the whole protein metabolism

Leaky capillaries and vessels from the feet to the heart and head are a nutritional deficiency problem.
Toxicity that creates damage to vessels is a nutritional deficiency problem because nutrients are all you need to detoxify.
Detoxification can put a strain on the body and organs like the kidney because it was a detox that went too fast the impaired my ability to excrete sodium that lead to a journey through all this.

You can’t just define the problem as edema and just take diuretics like dandelion or Lasix.
All these organs need to be repaired addressing all nutrient deficiencies, some through specific identification, others through general upgrading of diet including probiotics.

The purpose of this post was to explain edema and blood pressure in cases of edema.
This is my theory there is no more from the “real” expert it came from.
The state of health science is quite poor in many areas..

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