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pitting oedema is the retension of fluid due to cardiac failure as a consequence of excessive salt and water retension ,also seen in pulmonary diseases,peripheral oedema is mainly found in the feet and ankles in ambulant patients,as its site is determined by gravity,pressure with the thumb if sustained will displace the fluid and leave a pit,on going to bed it is redestributed to thighs and sacral regions,the treatment is to treat the cause for cardiac,pulmonary,venous congestion,or for renal causes, to advice the patient to consume less salt and to be ambulant
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Is it pitting or non pitting pedal oedema in filariasis?
non pitting
What is pitting oedema?
Pitting edema is a swollen area that will give when pressed and retain a depression for a minute , or so.
What Oedema is?
Pitting edema is a swollen area that will give when pressed and retain a depression for a minute , or so.
What is another name for oedema?
Dropsy is the former name for oedema
What does endplate oedema mean?
what does endplate oedema mean
What condition or disease is characterized by exophthalmos?
The name of the disease is 'Graves' disease'. It is also called as primary hyperthyroidism. You have exophthaloms , pretibial non pitting type of oedema and hyperthyroidism in Graves' disease.
What causes oedema?
Oedema is the accumulation of fluid within any part of the body.
Obsolete name for oedema?
Dropsy
What is an anasarca?
An anasarca is a generalized oedema.
What is the pitting potential give examples of factors which influence the value of the pitting potential?
Pitting potential is the potential where the pitting start and this is noticed when the current is suddenly increased that also mean below this value, now pitting corrosion will initiate Many parameters can effluence the pitting potential such as Temperature, halides ions, surface finishing of the alloy and also state of the electrolyte , is it flowing or stagnant.
Can anemia lead to oedema?
anemia causes increased production of vascular endothelial relaxing factor that causes dilatation of the vasculature producing oedema.
What is nonpitting edema?
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.
