Some infections, like an upper respiratory infection, may cause localized swelling, while systemic (whole-body) infections ...

A general accumulation of serous fluid in various tissues and body cavities characterized by swelling of the whole body. Sometimes Generalized Body Swelling may signify an underlying health condition.

I got sent home defeated, not listened to and with a paper bag full of steroid creams ... She detailed, "Every part of my body was covered in inflamed, oozing, itchy and swollen skin." ...