Patients with impaired kidney function or renal failure, usually suffer from an excess volume of water in their bodies, because the urinary output they have is decreased and in some cases absent. Water excess starts accumulating on the circulatory system, and then it diffuses into the soft tissues of the body.
Progesterone is a hormone released by the corpus luteum in the ovary. It plays important roles in the menstrual cycle and in maintaining the early stages of pregnancy. It may also be involved in the growth of certain cancers.
