Edema ni ukubyimba kw’igice kimwe cyangwa byinshi by’umubiri bitewe n’uko amazi menshi yirundanira mu ngingo z’umubiri. Akenshi igaragara ku birenge, amaguru, amaboko cyangwa mu maso. Nubwo hari igihe iba idakomeye, ishobora no kuba ikimenyetso cy’indwara zikomeye z’umutima, impyiko cyangwa umwijima. Ni ngombwa kuyimenya no kwihutira gushaka ubuvuzi igihe bibaye ngombwa.
Edema ishobora guterwa n’impamvu zitandukanye. Mu zikunze kuboneka harimo indwara z’umutima zituma umutima udapompa amaraso neza, indwara z’impyiko zituma amazi adatembera neza, indwara z’umwijima, kubura intungamubiri cyane cyane proteyine, gutwita, kumara igihe kirekire uhagaze cyangwa wicaye, ndetse n’imiti imwe n’imwe. Hari n’abantu bayirwara bitewe no kurya umunyu mwinshi cyangwa kugira ibibazo mu miyoboro y’amaraso.
Kwirinda edema birashoboka mu buryo bwinshi. Gabanya umunyu mu mafunguro, nywa amazi ahagije, jya ukora imyitozo ngororamubiri, wirinde kumara igihe kinini uhagaze cyangwa wicaye utanyeganyeza amaguru, kandi ujye ukurikirana ubuzima bwawe niba urwaye umutima, impyiko cyangwa umwijima. Gukurikiza inama z’abaganga no gufata imiti neza na byo bifasha kuyirinda.
Hari imyumvire itari yo bamwe bagira bavuga ko kubyimba amaguru buri gihe biterwa n’umubyibuho ukabije cyangwa umunaniro gusa. Ibi si byo. Edema ishobora kuba ikimenyetso cy’indwara ikeneye kuvurwa vuba. Ni byiza kwihutira kwisuzumisha aho kwivuza cyangwa gufata imiti uko wishakiye
Edema ni ikimenyetso cy’ingenzi kitagomba kwirengagizwa. Kuyimenya hakiri kare, kumenya impamvu ziyitera no kujya kwa muganga igihe bibaye ngombwa bishobora gufasha kwirinda ingaruka zikomeye. Rinda ubuzima bwawe ukurikiza inama z’abaganga kandi ujye wisuzumisha igihe ubonye kubyimba kudasanzwe
