Pulmonary edema is caused either because of direct injury to lung parenchyma or because of the heart's inability to function adequately which then later forces fluids into the air sacs of the lungs.
Most cases of pulmonary edema are caused by failure of the heart's main chamber, the left ventricle. It can be brought on by an acute heart attack, severe ischemia,
Yes, in my opinion pulmonary edema can cause fever: it happened to my father after a disseminated infection by staf aureus caused by pace maker. Any time water accumulated in lungs he had fever (till...