Pitting edema is edema severe enough to leave a dent when pressed with a finger. Pitting edema is assessed by pushing gently with a finger and evaluating the response. Mild is a one plus, moderate is a two plus, deep is a three plus, and very deep is a four plus.
Non-pitting edema is a type of swelling. Pitting edema occurs when the swollen area is pressed and remains indented. The indentation does not occur with non-pitting edema.
Check your patient's feet. Apply slight pressure on the top of their foot or right by their ankle with your finger tip for 2 to 3 seconds. Remove your finger and observe if a "pit" develops. It usually refills with fluid within 5 to 10 seconds of releasing your finger.
There are 3 grades of sprains, 1 is mild to moderate edema and tenderness with minimal laxity because the ligament is stretched or has a very small rupture, grade 2 is partially torn with moderated to severe edema and moderate laxity and grade 3 is a fully ruptured ligament with severe edema and maximal laxity causing great instability.
There are 6 types of edema. Generalized edema, skin edema, peripheral edema, corneal edema, cerebral edema, pulmonary edema, myxedema and lymphedema.
Discogenic edema is swelling (edema) of the vertebra in the spine (disc's).
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Gerard Edema was born in 1652.
Gerard Edema died in 1700.
Perifocal edema is swelling of the brain tissue.
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