"generalized edema" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It is a medical term used to describe a condition involving swelling caused by an abnormal accumulation of fluid in the body's tissues. For example, you could say: "The patient was diagnosed with generalized edema, and prescribed a course of medication to reduce the swelling."
Generalized edema is seen in renal (kidney) disease that causes abnormal retention of sodium and water.
Heart failure is an additional cause of generalized edema, usually most manifest as swollen feet and ankles.
The nephrotic syndrome is a group of symptoms that occurs as a consequence of any kidney disease; characteristically, there is excretion of great amounts of protein in the urine, and generalized edema occurs in the absence of evidence of glomerulonephritis or systemic disease.
To investigate the genetic causes of idiopathic sporadic prenatal generalized edema.
On DOL 15, as a result of ongoing capillary leak syndrome, generalized edema, increasing abdominal distension, and ascetic fluid accumulation were noted.
Accordingly, increased vascular leakage was observed in the inflamed skin of Vasp−/− mice [18] and mice deficient in Mena, Vasp, and EVL develop spontaneous and generalized edema due to severe vessel texture defects [20].
Preeclampsia is a placental disorder that affects about 5 10% of all pregnancies and clinically manifests itself in the third trimester with a wide variety of maternal symptoms, including hypertension, proteinuria, and generalized edema [1], [2].
Specific stages of the estrous cycle are defined by morphologic and molecular signatures such as generalized edema and proliferation during estrus/early diestrus, production of lactation related gene products during late diestrus and apoptosis during involution towards the metestrus to anestrus crossover.
During admission, eosinophilic skin infiltrates and generalized edema developed.
His recovery was marked by gross generalized edema.
The mechanism for this generalized edema is uncertain, although endothelial activation and dysfunction probably contribute.
