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.
Diabetic angiopathy. Angiopathy is the generic term for a disease of the blood vessels (arteries, veins, and capillaries). The best known and most prevalent angiopathy is the diabetic angiopathy, a complication that may occur in chronic diabetes. more...