Deep vein thrombosis â Perhaps the most important disease not to miss when dealing with legs that have suddenly become swollen. Years after the deep vein thrombosis has subsided and forgotten, post-phlebitic changes can still be a cause for a swollen leg.
1 A patent foramen ovale (PFO) is an opening covered by a flap of tissue in the wall of the heart that separates the two upper chambers or atria. 2  PFOs are very common, more than 20% of all humans have one.3  Estimates range from 20-30% depending on the decade of life. A patent foramen ovale (PFO) is an opening covered by a flap of tissue in the wall of the heart that separates the two upper chambers or atria. 2  PFOs are very common, more than 20% of all humans have one. 3  Estimates range from 20-30% depending on the decade of life.
Perfluorooctanesulfonic acid, or perfluorooctanesulfonate (PFOS), is a man-made fluorosurfactant and global pollutant. PFOS was added to Annex B of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants in May 2009.outhern Fishing News (SFN) posted a perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) warning on the SFN Facebook page in response to an Advisory from the Alabama Department of Public Health (ADPH) for a segment of Wheeler Lake seven miles long. This âAdvisoryâ was published on a specific location on the Internet.