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Both women with diuretic induced edema and with idiopathic edema present a typical history leading to the diagnosis in most cases. These women are almost exclusively in the reproductive age and they tend to have some other characteristics in common additionally. There is controversy whether idiopathic edema exists as a syndrom with multifactorial pathogenesis or if fluid retention in these women is due to diuretic abuse. In either case the use of diuretics is not indicated as they can increase and perpetuate the edema and moreover may bring about impairment of renal function. Abstinence of diuretic intake is the only way out of the vicious circle of fluid retention induced by intermittent diuretic intake resulting in intermittent edema and prostrained use of diuretics. Therapy of idiopathic edema is difficult; it includes physical therapy, psychotherapy and pharmacotherapy with aldosterone antagonists or ACE-inhibitors in some severe cases.
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Middeke, M. Ungeklärte Ödeme bei Frauen. Klin Wochenschr 65, 1160–1163 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01733249
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