There are two primary forms of edema - pitting edema and non-pitting (lymphatic) edema. Pitting edema, often linked to systemic issues like heart or kidney disease, occurs when pressing on swollen ...

After a long day at the office, a pretty typical presenting line I hear is, “I see a little indent around my ankle from where my sock was,” after the ...

Pitting is a subjective assessment using the ... may reveal deficiencies in protein intake. Edema secondary to renal disease can be recognized by appropriate renal function tests (BUN, creatinine ...

Cases of methadone causing edema and weight gain have been reported with both tablets and the liquid formulation. A 31-year-old man taking methadone 500 mg twice daily as part of a detoxification ...