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Causes Of Swollen Glands - Articles
Repeated Swollen Glands in my Armpits
by
bluestar9
Posted
Tue 29 Sep 2009 7:34pm
I've repeatedly had swollen glands in both armpits on and off over the past few years. I just got another one and it is the most painful one I've had yet (it hurts to let my... was wonderng if anyone might know what it is that is causing this and how severe it might be?
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Dropsy
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Matt S.
Posted
Tue 29 Jul 2008 12:00am
)--was the ancient word for edema, or total body sodium excess. Like the word "edema", dropsy does not make any distinctions between its many causes: heart failure, cirrhosis, kidney disease
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Swollen throat glands, chronic fatigue, sensitivity to light, sound, etc.
by
Fibro Viv
Posted
Sun 18 Jan 2009 1:32am
Swollen throat glands and severe sore throats, Fatigue (sometimes chronic), fever, muscle pain, aching joints, headaches, night sweats, stomach aches, sensitized skin.... Please remember everyone is different.
The doctor never found anything wrong with my throat but did feel my swollen glands. Tests have been taken, and nothing comes up. The fact
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Friday photoset: swell, just swell.
by
Cohabitaire
Posted
Thu 26 Aug 2010 6:40pm
My husband surfs. A lot. I figured if we were to see each other regularly I should take up surfing, so three years ago I did just that. But when it’s too big for me (which is most of the time), I take photos.
These were shot on a cold May morning when a large swell hit Australia’s East Coast. We took a dawn trip to Sandon Point near Wollong ...
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I’m Starting to Swell Up
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Daria
Posted
Sun 12 Dec 2010 12:00am
Brivanib is causing edema or swelling my feet, ankles, legs and face and must be obvious because a couple different people have mentioned my face is rounding out. Sometimes... are now getting too tight.
This is not my first go-round with edema. Back in 2009 when I was on Taxotere, I got pretty swollen in my ankles and legs as well as my face. I also
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Leg Swelling
by
Jan
Posted
Fri 11 Sep 2009 4:57pm
By Wes Anderson
The general cause of a leg swell is the additional fluid that gathers in the lower extremity tissues. If this swelling remains and is indented by a finger it is termed as Edema Pitting. There can also be other less usual causes for this problem that include Eosinophilic fasciitis and scleroderma which result in the thickness of the skin
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Leg Swelling
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Jan
Posted
Wed 20 Jan 2010 12:00am
The general cause of a leg swell is the additional fluid that gathers in the lower extremity tissues. If this swelling remains and is indented by a finger it is termed as Edema Pitting. There can also be other less usual causes for this problem that include Eosinophilic fasciitis and scleroderma which result in the thickness of the skin
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Update on my swelling
by
Allen

Posted
Thu 19 Feb 2009 5:29pm
For the past 10 days I've been in therapy for swelling. My body weight peaked at 190 or 28 pounds over my normal weight. The weight is due to excess body fluids that cause the swelling. I've lost half of that weight (my weight today at the therapist's office was 176 pounds. The therapist wraps my legs up to my groin to compress the legs and force my lymph
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How can I keep my feet and ankles from swelling?
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Dr. Gabe M.
Posted
Wed 01 Oct 2008 8:12pm
feet to your heart. When your feet are above your heart, gravity works with you to help blood and fluid return to the heart. Eight hours of standing or sitting causes your feet... way is to move your feet and toes frequently while you are sitting or standing. This can reduce swelling by more than 50 percent and will usually prevent the pain that it causes
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