Tissue homeostasis can also depend on the maintenance of body functions like digestion, respiration, urination, and lymphatic control. The health of the skin is typically important, along with normal skeletal support, muscle movement, and responses between the nervous system and muscles.
Practice Essentials. Angioedema is the swelling of deep dermis, subcutaneous, or submucosal tissue due to vascular leakage.Acute episodes often involve the lip, eyes, and face (see the image below); however, angioedema may affect other parts of body, including respiratory and gastrointestinal (GI) mucosa.
Although the risk to an individual is relatively low, the large number of people taking these medications means that ACE inhibitors are the leading cause of drug-induced angioedema in the United States, accounting for 20 to 40 percent of all emergency department visits for angioedema each year [10-12].