Examination of the feet is important in lower extremity edema. In patients with lymphedema, there is an inability to tent the skin of the dorsum of the second toe using a pincer grasp (Kaposi-Stemmer sign)7,9â11 (eFigure D).
The heat under the house, mixed with the leaking water was causing the moisture and the mold growing on the closet wall. Some of the water just sitting under the tub area was the cause of the mildew and the awful odor. After he cleaned out the tub drains and resealed the grout the smell in the bedroom disappeared.
Condensation is probably the biggest cause of damp in homes. A lot of information and advice is included in this booklet to help tenants and home-owners identify and reduce condensation as well as treating the mould growth often associated with it.he water gets through or round a broken damp proof course (DPC) or passes through the natural brickwork if the property was built without a DPC. A DPC is horizontal layer of waterproof material put in the walls of a building just above ground level. It stops moisture rising through the walls by capillary action.