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Swelling
Alternate Names : Anasarca, Edema
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What to Expect at your Health Care Provider's Office
Except in emergency situations (such as cardiac failure or pulmonary congestion), your health care provider will obtain your medical history and will perform a physical examination.
Medical history questions documenting swelling in detail may include the following:
- Time pattern
- When did you first notice this?
- Is it present all the time?
- Does it come and go?
- Quality
- How much swelling is there?
- When you poke the area with a finger, does the dent remain?
- Location
- Is it overall or in a specific area (localized)?
- If swelling is in a specific area, what is that area?
- Other
- What seems to make the swelling better?
- What seems to make the swelling worse?
- What other symptoms are also present?
Diagnostic tests that may be performed include the following:
Treatment may include fluid and sodium restriction, diuretics, or water pills. Your fluid intake and output should be monitored, and you should be weighed daily. Avoid alcohol if liver disease (such as cirrhosis or hepatitis) is causing the problem. Vascular support hose may be advised.
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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
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• Acute Nephritic Syndrome
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• Cirrhosis
• Heart Failure
• Hepatitis
• Kidney Disease
• Liver Disease
• Nephrotic Syndrome
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Tests & Exams
• Albumin - Serum
• CHEM-20
• ECG
• Echocardiogram
• Kidney Function Tests
• Liver Function Tests
• Urinalysis
• X-Ray
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• Chronic
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• 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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