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Angioedema, Quincke's edema, angioneurotic edema: Allergic angioedema: this child is unable to open his eyes due to the swelling. Specialty: Allergy and immunology, emergency medicine: Symptoms: Area of swelling [1] Usual onset: Minutes to hours [1] Types: Histamine mediated, bradykinin mediated [1] Risk factors: Family history [2] Diagnostic ...
Hereditary angioneurotic edema (HANE), [1] familial angioneurotic edema [2] Swollen right hand during a hereditary angioedema attack. Specialty: Hematology: Symptoms: Recurrent attacks of severe swelling [3] Usual onset: Childhood [3] Duration: Attacks last a few days [3] Types: Type I, II, III [3] Causes: Genetic disorder (autosomal dominant ...
Acquired C1 esterase inhibitor deficiency, also referred to as acquired angioedema (AAE), is a rare medical condition that presents as body swelling that can be life-threatening and manifests due to another underlying medical condition.
A sequela (UK: / s ɪ ˈ k w iː l ə /, [1] US: / s ɪ ˈ k w ɛ l ə /; [2] [3] usually used in the plural, sequelae /-iː /) is a pathological condition resulting from a disease, injury, therapy, or other trauma. Derived from the Latin word meaning "sequel", it is used in the medical field to mean a complication or condition following a ...
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Angioedema presents itself as an abrupt onset of non-pitting, non-itchy swelling that involves the mucosal layers.Some common locations of angioedema are the face, particularly the lips and around the eyes, hands and feet, and genitalia. [2]
Peripheral edema is edema (accumulation of fluid causing swelling) in tissues perfused by the peripheral vascular system, usually in the lower limbs. In the most dependent parts of the body (those hanging distally ), it may be called dependent edema.
He took it to aleviate pain, which is a rudimentary way to quell the nervous system and he reported that while it caused CNS depression and then edema, it was preferable to accept having an attack. The attack was small and accompanied by mosquito bite typical edemic attack in fingers, forearms and feet, subsiding after 3-4 hours rather than a ...