Dropsy
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Matt S.Posted
Tue 29 Jul 2008 12:00am
into Mass General Hospital in the wee hours of the morn.
What is "dropsy"? Dropsy--still used to describe ailments which affect marine animals such as fish or frogs (see left)--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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swelling under armpit and skin lower down left trunk to ankle swollen
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anil m.Posted
Mon 26 Oct 2009 11:22am
left arm pit stratched, then swelling during next couple days, rash breaks out both arm and legs . swelling and pain tremendious, from left armpit downwards. called ambulance, to hospital, introduction to wide range very strong anti biotics. swelling only increases and pain. after twodays they try steroids(intraveniously) swelling stops
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Friday photoset: swell, just swell.
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CohabitairePosted
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 Wollongong
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Leg Swelling
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JanPosted
Fri 11 Sep 2009 4:57pm
. In these cases, the leg swelling is characterized by non-pitting edema. Some of the main causes of pitting edema include Cellulitis, Baker Cyst, Congestive Heart Failure, Eosinophilic...
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
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Leg Swelling
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JanPosted
Wed 20 Jan 2010 12:00am
. In these cases, the leg swelling is characterized by non-pitting edema. Some of the main causes of pitting edema include Cellulitis, Baker Cyst, Congestive Heart Failure, Eosinophilic...
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
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I’m Starting to Swell Up
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DariaPosted
Sun 12 Dec 2010 12:00am
Brivanib is causingedema 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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Update on my swelling
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AllenPosted
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... system to remove the excessfluid.
She puts three layers of tube stretchy socks on, followed by a layer of 1/3 inch open cell foam, followed by four layers of bandage to hold
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The Kidney Swells
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Nathan M.Posted
Wed 01 Oct 2008 8:41pm
. Your kidney is supposed to filter out excessfluid and waste from your blood stream. My cysts were bleeding into each other, causing the kidney to swell up. And, as the IV fluids and blood was being put into me, it helped my kidney swell very quickly. By Wednesday, my abdomen was severely distended, and they stopped the blood and cut the fluid input
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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
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. If your feet still swell, check with your doctor. You may have a more serious cause, or you may need diuretics or compression stockings.
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