In these cases, as well as in the oedema following gout or rheumatism, the swelling usually commences with considerable pain and stiffness of the parts, and hardness of the swelling.
Oedema of the feet and ankles is often symptomatic of chylopoietic disturbance, and particularly in young women, in whom the menstrual function is obstructed.
In this exhausted state he remained for some months; his appetite was almost entirely gone; the oedema of limbs increasing.
He experienced a difficulty of breathing in making any exertion, and he had considerable oedema of the limbs.
The oedema of the upper and lower extremities was extensive; the dyspnoea increased considerably; the countenance was livid; and the body remarkably cold.
On the disappearance of the oedema the muscles of the leg are found to be atrophied.
These symptoms increase, the oedemabecomes general, the paralysis more marked; breathlessness and palpitation come on in paroxysms; the urine is greatly diminished.
Complete retention of urine for two days; slight redness and marked oedema of penis, scrotum, and perineum.
There is at the same time a diffused oedema of the fetlock and the region of the cannon, sometimes extending upwards to the whole of the limb.
Oedema of the inferior extremities comes on after, usually--rarely with--the ascites.
Pressure on the vena cava causes oedema of the inferior extremities in a small number of cases; and on the vena porta, ascites.
Acute oedema and increase in the cell-elements in the inflamed parts give rise to swelling and to softening, so that the mucous membrane seems to be easily scraped off.
It has happened that oedema of the abdominal walls or fatty accumulations there have given a delusive though feeble fluctuation on percussion.
Thus, compression of the iliac veins delays circulation in the lower extremities; cold feet or oedema of the feet and ankles and varicose veins follow.
Extension may take place to the larynx, andoedema may follow.
Tracheotomy may be necessitated by oedema of the larynx.
Traube reports a fatal case of oedema of the glottis from such a cause.
In some cases oedemaof the larynx has been noted, threatening suffocation from that cause.
Oedema of the legs and dilatation of the superficial abdominal veins may result from compression of venous trunks.
The tissue of the lungs showed considerableoedema and hypostasis.
At autopsy the cervical glands were found slightly swollen, somewhat reddened, but no haemorrhagic oedema of the surrounding tissue was noticeable.
The remainder of the plague rats exhibited only two of the signs of plague infection, namely, bubo and oedema of the surrounding tissue, and eventually hemorrhages.
Oedema of the capsules and surrounding tissue existed.
Cervical glands were enlarged and hemorrhagic with slight oedema of the surrounding tissue.
The subcutaneous tissue of the neck showed oedema and small hemorrhages.
The animal died of plague within three days, showing considerable hemorrhagic oedema around the place of inoculation, typical bilateral inguinal buboes, and characteristic changes in the spleen.
All except one showed primary buboes on the neck with more or less extensive hemorrhagic oedema extending in some cases over the thorax.
Mere contact with the leaves or branches will in many people set up an acute dermatitis, with much oedema and hyperæmia of the skin.
Poisoning, as by hydrocyanic acid, cyanide of potassium, inhalation of carbonic acid or coal gas, oedema of glottis following inhalation of ammonia.
Transitory hæmorrhage and signs of oedema were the only signs referable to the wound, but in addition the bullet contused the left vagus and gave rise to temporary laryngeal paralysis.
There was some general oedemaof the legs, especially of the right, possibly in connection with the herpetic eruption which was now disappearing.
Collapse of globe, proptosis, subconjunctival hæmorrhage, oedema and ecchymosis of lids.
There was considerable proptosis, oedema and discoloration of the eyelid, and subconjunctival ecchymosis, but the movements of the eyeball could be made and light could be distinguished.
There was no oedema of the limb, which was also normal in temperature.
A considerable amount of oedema and ecchymosis of the scrotum developed, but no extravasation of urine.
Over extensive fractures of this nature generaloedema and infiltration of the scalp, due to extravasation of blood, were present.
Much oedema of the foot and leg followed the injury, and on the third day a thrill was discovered.
Lower power drawing showing papillaryoedema and infiltrate in the region of the puncture.
A sting on the tongue has been known to cause such collateral oedema as to endanger life through suffocation.
The flies tend to group their bites and confluence of the developing lesions in such cases may result in extensive oedema with the formation of oozing and crusted plaques.
In these sites inflammation and oedema may be extreme.
The symptoms accompanying this cycle consist of severe localized or diffused pruritus, with some heat and burning in the earlier stages if the oedema is marked.
For the oedema I prescribed Hydrargyrum cum creta, Squill and Digitalis.
I found him gasping for breath when I entered the room, with a pulse-rate of 158 and very feeble; great oedema of lower limbs and abdomen.
The torn lips may become unhealthy, and the congestion and oedema spread to the body of the uterus.
Vascular disturbances may occur in the vulva, including varix, haematoma, oedema and gangrene; the treatment is the same as for the same disease in other parts.
A few had oedema from the chin to the thyroid, and up the side of the face.
The attack was attended with diarrhoea, swelled tonsils, oedema of the face, an eruption like measles all over the body, and a discharge of sanious humour from the nostrils.
A novel and interesting article in Grayson is the description of angioneurotic oedema as affecting the nose and throat, page 182.
These objections and the reasons for regarding the lesion as an angioneurotic oedemaare discussed in Chapter VI, on Hay Fever as Urticaria, to which the reader is referred.
Chadbourne[29] has the merit of calling attention to the occurrence of heart-clot and subsequent pulmonary oedema as a fatal complication of measles.
In the subcutaneous oedema and affected portions of the skin he found enormous masses of bacteria, so far exceeding in quantity the amount introduced as to prove an abundant new production.
Even in those cases where a hydræmia and an oedema co-exist, the localization of the latter is favored by obvious disturbances of the function of the capillary walls, as in case of the cutaneous oedema after scarlatina.
The comparative frequency of oedema of the lungs in man, and the rarity of such extreme mechanical disturbances as those produced experimentally, led Welch to paralyze the left ventricle.
Cohnheim refers to the rapid occurrence of oedema of the tongue as a result of irritation of the lingual nerve, and oedema is known to occur rapidly in cases of acute myelitis.
The possibility of the occurrence of oedema through nervous influence is not to be denied.
Oedema is local watery effusion, which may have various causes and significance.
Bronchial symptoms, combined with marked oedema of the right lung, have appeared; the diarrhoea continues the same; the gangrene is still extending.
In any event the result of the Lagrange operation proper, as well as my modification of it, is to produce a drainage-oedema about the incisional wound which persists almost indefinitely.
As oedema marks the first tardiness of fluids we have the beginning step which will lead from miliary tuberculosis to the largest known forms of tubercles, which is the effect of the active principles of stale life or the life of dead matter.
To assert that all diseases have their beginning in oedema may be wide in range, but we often find one principle to rule over much territory.
OEdema surely begins with the first tardy atom of matter.
OEdema is the one word that appears to be at the first showing of life and death in animal forms.
Bacillus pyocyaneus, Bacillus coli communis, and the bacillus of malignant oedema (Figs.
In malignant oedema the swelling pits on pressure, and if the wound is open, the surface becomes soft and may slough.
The node is, in fact, an oedemaor dropsy, a swelling from effusion of watery fluid in the cellular tissue beneath the skin or mucous membrane.
This oedemaappears on the edge of the vocal cord, as a slight tumor or swelling filled with water.
If the process is excessive oedema is set up and fluid accumulates in the tissue space.
A like change is also probably the cause of the oedema of nephritis and of heart disease.
This case is analogous to the production of oedema in cases of heart disease where the circulation is feeble and the oxygen supply to the parts deficient.
There is also a hemorrhagic inflammation of the liver; and oedema and congestion of the brain, with or without apoplexy, are other symptoms of the disease.
Acute bronchitis, however, occurring in a patient with kidney trouble, may lead to the development of oedema of the lungs, and death will usually ensue in a few hours.
In almost the same way any acute affection of the lungs that occurs in a patient suffering from kidney disease may be followed by oedema of the lungs.
In patients suffering from kidney disease any acute sore throat involving the larynx and causing hoarseness may be followed by what is calledoedema of the glottis.
The usual rule is, if the oedema begins in the face, it is due to the kidneys; if in the feet, to the heart.
Apoplexy, oedema of the lungs, and paralysis also, as a rule, end in death.
Death from oedema of the lungs or from some form of pneumonia is not infrequent in these post-operative cases, and gives as a rule but little warning of its approach.
In kidney disease this tendency to oedema constitutes a distinct danger that may involve sudden death in certain affections.
There were some oedema of the leg to which he is subject, and much pain and inflammation of the ulcers.
The leg is much swollen and inflamed, the redness extending several inches round the wound and over the instep; the oedemaincreases towards night.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "oedema" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
