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Edema (American English), also spelled oedema (British English), and also known as fluid retention, dropsy and hydropsy, is the build-up of fluid in the body's tissue, [1] a type of swelling. [4] Most commonly, the legs or arms are affected. [1] Symptoms may include skin that feels tight, the area feeling heavy, and joint stiffness. [1]
The triad of dropsy, albumin in the urine and kidney disease came to be regarded as characteristic of Bright's disease. [ 3 ] Subsequent work by Bright and others indicated an association with cardiac hypertrophy , which Bright attributed to stimulation of the heart.
Epidemic dropsy occurs as an epidemic in places where use of mustard oil from the seeds of Brassica juncea, commonly known as Indian mustard, as a cooking medium is common. [2] This is because there is an increased chance of adulteration (with argemone oil) and consumption of such adulterated mustard oil in these areas.
Dropsy, more often called edema, is the increase of interstitial fluid in any organ. Epidemic dropsy is a clinical state, characterized by edema, resulting from use of edible oils adulterated with Mexican poppy (Argemone mexicana) seed oil. Dropsy may also refer to:
Finasteride (also called Propecia) is more likely to cause side effects, but it’s still pretty rare. In clinical trials, about 1.3 percent of men who took finasteride experienced ED, compared to ...
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In a fractious America, there’s still one thing that people can agree on: Shaboozey’s “A Bar Song (Tipsy).” The Virginian’s country flip of an old J-Kwon hit rang out from bars ...
Dropsy, a new game from publisher Devolver Digital, is a pixelated acid trip disguised as a point-and-click adventure. It's stars a bald, nearly toothless clown covered in thick white face paint ...