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may be used. Elevating the legs and support stockings may be useful for edema of the legs. Older people are more commonly affected. The word is from the Ancient Greek ????u? oídema ('swelling').

Signs and symptoms

Specific area

An edema will occur in specific organs as part of inflammation, tendinitis or pancreatitis. Certain organs develop edema through

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