Edema

 

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Because your tissues are surrounded by membranes that don't stretch, they can't just expand as they gain fluid. The fluid will build up in the tissues and push back against the capillary wall, opposing the filtration pressure.

This is called the interstitial hydrostatic pressure.

 

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