Pedal edema
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Overview
- Edema is caused by an accumulation of an excessive amount of watery fluid in the serous cavities, tissues or cells causing painless, non-reddened swelling
Related Key Words and Synonyms:
Complete Differential Diagnosis
- Abscess
- Acquired C1-esterase inhibitor deficiency
- Acute glomerulonephritis
- Addison's Disease
- Amniotic band
- Angioneurotic edema
- Anemia
- Anorexia Nervosa
- AV fistula
- Bartter's Syndrome
- Beriberi
- Boils
- Bruise
- Bulimia Nervosa
- Burn
- Cachexia
- Carbuncle
- Cellulitis
- Cerebral circulation impairment
- Cold (physical stimuli)
- Contact dermatitis
- Contusion
- Cushing's Syndrome
- Dilation
- Drugs
- Erysipelas
- Exudative enteropathy
- Filariasis
- Food (fresh fruit, nuts, tomatoes)
- Fracture
- Frostbite
- Gas gangrene
- Gout
- Hyperthyroidism
- Hypoalbuminemia
- Hypoplasia
- Hypothyroidism
- Idiopathic edema
- Insect bite
- Irritant
- Left heart failure
- Ligamentous sprain
- Liver failure
- Lymph node mass
- Malabsorption
- Malnutrition
- Mediastinal cancer
- Melkersson-Rosenthal Syndrome
- Milroy's Disease
- Musculoskeletal trauma
- Myocardial Infarction
- Neoplasm
- Nephrotic Syndrome
- Osteomyelitis
- Peripheral nerve lesion
- Premenstrual edema
- Right heart failure
- Scleroderma
- Snakebites
- Starvation edema
- Sunburn
- Surgical excision
- Tendonous strain
- Thoracic aneurysm
- Thrombophlebitis
- Thrombosis
- Tight clothing
- Trichinosis
- Tumors
- Varicose veins [1] [1]
Acknowledgements
The content on this page was first contributed by: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D.
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Acknowledgement and Attribution Regarding Sources of Content
Some of the initial content on this page may be incorporated in part from copyleft sources in the public domain including wikis such as Wikipedia and AskDrWiki. Drug information for patients came from the The National Library of Medicine. Infectious disease information may have come from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC). Differential Diagnoses are drawn from clinicians as well as an amalgamation of 3 sources: 1.The Disease Database; 2. Kahan, Scott, Smith, Ellen G. In A Page: Signs and Symptoms. Malden, Massachusetts: Blackwell Publishing, 2004:3; 3. Sailer, Christian, Wasner, Susanne. Differential Diagnosis Pocket. Hermosa Beach, CA: Borm Bruckmeir Publishing LLC, 2002:7 .

