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The second, HAPE High Altitude Pulmonary Edema, is a potentially deadly condition in which the lung arteries develop excessive pressure in response to low oxygen, resulting in overflow of fluid into your lungs.
C. M. Rubin: Attitude C. M. Rubin 2011
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The second, HAPE High Altitude Pulmonary Edema, is a potentially deadly condition in which the lung arteries develop excessive pressure in response to low oxygen, resulting in overflow of fluid into your lungs.
C. M. Rubin: Attitude C. M. Rubin 2011
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Edema that occurs during pregnancies usually not harmful, unless the mother has high blood pressure.
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Kote begins with his childhood as one of the Edema Ruh, or traveling players, with his loving parents and early tutelage with his first teacher who he once spied calling the wind, and becomes determined to learn how himself.
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Edema: abnormal buildup of fluid that causes swelling.
YOU The Smart Patient Michael F. Roizen 2006
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Edema: abnormal buildup of fluid that causes swelling.
YOU The Smart Patient Michael F. Roizen 2006
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AMANPOUR: Edema is a dangerous swelling, but unless it gets worse, Hamdi won't be going to the hospital.
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Edema, or fluid swelling and inflammation, gathers around affected nerves, causing a vicious cycle that only pinches the nerves even more.
The Last Chance Dog D.V.M. Donna Kelleher 2003
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Edema, or fluid swelling and inflammation, gathers around affected nerves, causing a vicious cycle that only pinches the nerves even more.
The Last Chance Dog D.V.M. Donna Kelleher 2003
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Edema associated with heart disease is most commonly seen in the ankles and lower legs, where the fluid pools because of gravity.
Healing the Female Heart Elizabeth Ross 1996
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