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.
Lipedema or lipoedema (European spelling) is a chronic disorder of adipose tissue and lymphatic vessel dysfunction described as a bilateral, symmetrical, flabby swelling of the legs that arises from deposition of adipose tissue starting at the hips and ending at the ankles, like riding breeches.