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Ankle Swelling (Ankle Oedema)
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Ankle Swelling (Ankle Oedema)
The term "oedema" means fluid retention. Swelling in the ankles is also known as peripheral oedema. Mild oedema is common and usually harmless.
Symptom classification
Body areaFeet
Body areaJoint
Body areaLegs
Conditions linked to this sign/symptom
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- Bancroftian
- Budd Chiari Syndrome
- Chronic Obstructive Airway Disease
- Chronic Renal Failure
- Chronic Venous Insufficiency
- Congestive Heart Failure
- Cor Pulmonale
- Deep Vein Thrombosis
- Diabetic Nephropathy
- Dilated Congestive Cardiomyopathy
- Dracunculiasis
- Extracellular Fluid Volume Expansion
- Graves Disease
- Heart Failure
- Hereditary Nephritis
- Hypoalbuminemia
- Ischaemic Heart Disease
- Kidney Failure
- Lupus Nephritis
- Membranous Nephropathy
- Minimal Change Disease
- Mitral Stenosis
- Obesity
- Odema
- Peripartum Cardiomyopathy
- Popliteal Cyst
- Premenstrual Syndrome
- Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
- Pulmonary Edema
- Pulmonary Embolism
- Pulmonic Regurgitation
- Rapidly Progressive Glomerulonephritis
- Restrictive Cardiomyopathy
- Scleroderma Renal Disease
- Stasis Dermatitis
- Thin Basement Membrane Disease
- Thyroiditis
- Tricuspid Regurgitation
- Tropical Sprue
- Uremia
- Varicose Veins