0
Just the spelling. The same thing that causes edema is the same thing that causes swelling.
Raymond Zakhari, EdM, MS, NP-BC
www.MetroMedicalDirect.com
Primary Care Medical House Calls in New York City
What else can I help you with?
Tissue swelling that results from water accumulating between cells is known as?
edema
Types of edema?
Edema is the medical term for swelling caused by excess fluid trapped in body tissues. There are several types of edema, including peripheral edema (swelling in the extremities), pulmonary edema (fluid accumulation in the lungs), cerebral edema (swelling in the brain), and macular edema (swelling in the retina of the eye). Each type of edema can have different causes and treatments, depending on the underlying condition.
What is Perifocal edema?
Perifocal edema is swelling of the brain tissue.
What is the relationship between swelling and edema?
swelling = blood moving to an area due to the inflammatory response. edema= fluid leaking from the blood vessels into surrounding tissues and creating swelling that is located in the interstitial space.
If swelling surround the eye or eyes is known as what kind of edema?
periorbital edema.
What is discogenic marrow edema?
Discogenic edema is swelling (edema) of the vertebra in the spine (disc's).
What are the symptoms of dropsy?
swelling or edema
What does the suffix edema mean?
Swelling
What is the medical term meaning swelling in the leg?
Pretibial edema is the medical term for swelling around the tibia.
Give you another word for edema?
Another word for "edema" is swelling or fluid retention.
What are symptoms of dependent edema?
Swelling in feet
How does proteinuria cause edema?
loss of albumin
