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An excessive accumulation of serum in tissue spaces or a body cavity.
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A similar swelling in plants caused by excessive accumulation of water.
Examples of edema in a Sentence
Edema, joint swelling, arthralgias, myalgias and paresthesias may be clinical manifestations of fluid retention.
The reports of edema were generally mild to moderate and usually did not require discontinuation of treatment.
Since NSAIDs and pioglitazone are associated with fluid retention, concomitant administration of NSAIDs and Competact may increase the risk of edema.
Scholl Flight Socks are very effective in controlling edema.
Toxicities included transient periorbital edema in four eyes and optic atrophy in one eye that also received laser photocoagulation and cryotherapy.
Another advantage of taking intermittent down time throughout the day is the benefit of preventing or at least reducing dependent edema.
The lesions, in combination with generalized edema, produced a leonine facies.
I have some pitting edema (swelling) in the leg, but my physiotherapist showed me a massage exercise to help reduce it.
Ultrasound scans were used to assess thrombosis before and after the flights and a composite edema score was used to evaluate edema and swelling.
If they cause the macula to swell (known as macular edema ), they can make vision blurred.
High altitude pulmonary edema triggered by vocal cord stenosis.
Carbon monoxide related cerebral edema can cause irreversible damage to the brain which in turn can effect the nervous system.
Late toxicities were also similar, except for two patients in group 1 who developed severe laryngeal edema.
Ultrasound scans were used to assess thrombosis before and after the flights and a composite edema score was used to evaluate edema score was used to evaluate edema and swelling.
Available in both an oral and inhaled form, they stabilize eosinophils, reduce bronchial edema and mucous hypersecretion and can reverse epithelial damage.
In addition, permethrin may cause erythema, stinging, rashes and edema.
Over time, the compression helped to reduce local edema, re-shape his leg and reduce wound exudate.
This practice seems to have the ability to cause massive venous thrombosis leading to edema and venous gangrene.
Cases of intracranial hypertension related to cerebral edema have been reported.
When venous insufficiency is present there is often edema of the lower limb.
Postoperative edema and bleeding can make it difficult to visualize the larynx.
What is a space-occupying lesion (in the brain) with cerebral edema?
Other posterior segment complications included macular edema (four) and epiretinal membrane involving the macula (two ).
Imaging such as MRI may show muscle edema in active myositis.
Commonly reported adverse effects include headache, flushing, nausea, dizziness and peripheral edema.
Hereditary angioneurotic edema This is an inherited condition that can cause nettle rash and swelling around the eyes, mouth and hands.
This increases osmotic pressure in astrocytes, resulting in cerebral edema.
Inhalation of 2 to 4 mg of reactor-grade plutonium may cause death within about a month from pulmonary fibrosis or pulmonary edema.
Signs include eyelid retraction, conjunctival redness and swelling, proptosis (either unilateral or bilateral ), periorbital edema, and ophthalmoplegia.
I had proteinuria, raised blood pressure and edema (swelling ).
Edema, burning sensation, blisters, rash, or pinching sensation at the application site was also noted.
The anti-inflammatory activity of NSAIDs in the rat paw edema test has been correlated with their ability to inhibit prostaglandin synthetase.
Sudden mesenteric vein thrombosis leads to edema and hemorrhage in the affected intestinal segment.
Forced diuresis should not be used since it does not enhance salicylate excretion and may cause pulmonary edema.
Bruce Lee - Official reports list a cerebral edema as the cause of the coma Lee suffered, but speculation ran rampant after his death in 1973 that the martial arts master was the victim of foul play.
Following the Heimlich maneuver, dysphagia (swallowing difficulty) and obstructive pulmonary edema (fluid accumulation in the lungs) may occur and require medical treatment.
Eclampsia-Coma and convulsions during or immediately after pregnancy, characterized by edema, hypertension, and proteinuria.
Following the Heimlich maneuver, dysphagia (swallowing difficulty) and obstructive pulmonary edema (fluid accumulation in the lungs) may occur.
The bite may also be accompanied by fever, chills, edema (an accumulation of excess tissue fluid), nausea and vomiting, dizziness, muscle and joint pain, and a rash.
Nephrotic syndrome is marked by abnormally low levels of albumin (hypoalbuminemia), abnormally high levels of cholesterol in the blood (hypercholesterolemia), and fluid retention (edema).
Infection usually stems from an upper respiratory infection in which swelling (edema) in the eustachian tube causes fluid and mucous to gather behind the eardrum.
Pulmonary edema can result from fluids leaking into the alveoli (air sacs) of the lung.
Also called angioneurotic edema, giant urticaria, Quincke's disease, or Quincke's edema.
Protein-losing enteropathy may lead to abnormally large amounts of fluid in the intercellular tissue spaces of the body (edema), abdominal distension, and lack of red blood cells (anemia).
Barium studies can reveal mucosal edema and thickening of the small intestinal wall in EC and ED.
As the skin begins to thaw during treatment, edema (excess tissue fluid) often accumulates, causing swelling.
It causes fluid retention (edema); dry, peeling skin; and hair discoloration.
In the brain, it causes fluid accumulation (edema), which leads to a rise in pressure in the brain (intracranial pressure).
If the entire process is severe enough over several hours (serum glucose levels over 800mg/dL), swelling can occur in the brain (cerebral edema), and coma can eventually result.
Treatment for hyperglycemia must be delivered carefully and with close monitoring to avoid the risk of hypokalemia (higher than normal serum levels of potassium) and subsequent cerebral edema.