Oedema in Graves' disease / by Arthur Maude.

  • Maude, Arthur.
Date:
1891
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Credit: Oedema in Graves' disease / by Arthur Maude. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    guided by the position and degree. If situated only on the face and upper limbs, or if unsymmetrical, it is certainly of nervous origin, and it may be so if it affects the feet, but is only slight and evanescent. In all cases of course the heart and urine should be carefully examined; for the occurrence of oedema due to dilatation of the heart is a serious symptom. There is little to be said about treatment. When merely local the ordinary means of rest and position will be sufficient. If it be due to cardiac conditions digitalis should be used freely. When purely nervous in origin M. Dieulafoy recommends small doses of ipecacuanha at frequent intervals, which it is better to combine with opium, as in the form of Dover’s powder.