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Swelling
Alternate Names : Anasarca, Edema
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Call your Health Care Provider if
If you notice any unexplained swelling, contact your health care provider.
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• Definition
• Swelling: Overview & Considerations
• Swelling: Common Causes
• Swelling: Home Care & Treatment
• Call your Health Care Provider if
• What to Expect at your Health Care Provider's Office
• Pictures & Images
Topics that might be of interest to you Diseases & Conditions
• Acute Nephritic Syndrome
• Angioedema
• Cirrhosis
• Heart Failure
• Hepatitis
• Kidney Disease
• Liver Disease
• Nephrotic Syndrome
• Thyroid Diseases
Tests & Exams
• Albumin - Serum
• CHEM-20
• ECG
• Echocardiogram
• Kidney Function Tests
• Liver Function Tests
• Urinalysis
• X-Ray
Other Topics
• Abdomen - Swollen
• Breast - Premenstrual Tenderness and Swelling
• Breathing Difficulty
• Burns
• Chronic
• Facial Swelling
• Foot, Leg, and Ankle Swelling
• Gums - Swollen
• Joint Swelling
• Obesity
• Physical Examination
• Scrotal Swelling
• Sodium in Diet
• Sunburn
• Swollen Glands
Review Date : 11/19/2002
Reviewed By : Bridget Martell, M.D., Department of Internal Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, NY. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.
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