The cause of swollen feet and ankles can be as common as an insect bite or as serious as heart disease or liver failure. This swelling is often caused by a buildup of fluid called edema. When just one ...

Amlodipine, sold as a generic drug or as the Katerzia and Norvasc brands, often causes ankle edema. This is an abnormal swelling of tissues due to fluid buildup ... Khadka S, Joshi R, Shrestha DB, et ...

Oedema is a build-up of fluid in the tissues in the body. It can develop due to diseases including heart failure and kidney disease. It usually occurs in the limbs, where it can cause discomfort, ...

Some calcium channel blockers may be less likely to cause pedal edema compared with others. This paper will review existing explanations of why there may be differences. A favorable tolerability ...

Kaplan, DPM Amlodipine, sold as a generic drug or as the Katerzia and Norvasc brands, often causes ankle edema. This is an ...

Yikes! He elaborates and says that the reason is because it "causes inflammation and swelling of the lungs and in some instances causes long-term harm to the respiratory system or death.

National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA ...

When a person has psoriasis, something goes wrong in the immune system, so T-cells also attack the body’s skin cells. This attack causes the body to make new skin cells more often. The extra skin ...

Hi Dr Leonard - I wonder if you can help me. I have noticed a small swelling under my arm which feels as though it is on a gland.