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Football legend, Pele, 82, is hospitalised over swollen body, heart issues

  Legendary Brazilian footballer, Pele has reportedly been admitted to the hospital with swelling all over his body and heart failure issues.   The 82-year-old, currently undergoing metastatic cancer treatment, went into the Albert Einstein hospital in Sao Paulo on Tuesday November 29, for an unscheduled visit, according to ESPN Brasil, which describes Pele's condition as 'debilitated'. After being taken by his wife Marcia Aoki and a carer to the hospital, medical staff confirmed his condition of anasarca (general swelling), an edematous syndrome (general edema), and identified 'decompensated heart failure', which causes functional limitation of the heart.    It is also reported that his chemotherapy treatment is no longer working. He was also diagnosed with mental confusion upon entering the hospital, where he became restless. Pele is set to undergo several tests to further assess the organs that have been impacted by metastatic cancer.  ...