Congestion

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Congestion may refer to:

• In medicine, excessive fluid in tissues, vessels, or both, including:
  • Congestive heart failure, heart failure resulting in the following forms of congestion:
  • Edema, abnormal accumulation of fluid in the interstitium, manifesting as swelling
    • Peripheral edema, edema in peripheral body parts such as limbs and feet
    • Pulmonary edema, edema in the lungs that impairs breathing
  • Nasal congestion, the blockage of nasal passages due to swollen membranes
  • Prostatic congestion, a medical condition that happens when the prostate becomes swollen by excess fluid
  • Swelling (medical), enlargement of a body part because of fluid retention in tissues and vessels
  • Water retention (medicine), also known as fluid retention, in various tissues and vessels
• Network congestion, reduced quality of service when a network is carrying more data than it can handle
• Traffic congestion, vehicles clogging streets and highways
• Congestion pricing, a system of surcharging users of public goods that are subject to congestion through excess demand