Can A Fish With Dropsy Explode in the USA

Can dropsy be fatal? Since the mid-nineteenth century, dropsy has been recognized as a sign of underlying disease of the heart, liver, or kidneys, or of malnutrition. Untreated dropsy was, eventually, always fatal. The major underlying causes of dropsy are congestive heart failure, liver failure, kidney failure, and malnutrition. Can a fish survive dropsy? As…