People with diabetic macular edema may receive eye injections to help control their symptoms. These shots can help to improve vision and also stop the damage that causes vision issues to get worse.

The optic cup and macula of a 24-year-old female. Image is released to Wikimedia commons with patient consent. Imaged with a non-mydriatic fundus camera at Pacific University College of Optometry.

Angioedema, a type of swelling that affects the skin and tissues of the body, commonly affects the lips. Angioedema is a type of swelling that affects the deep tissues of the skin and other systems.

Swollen supraclavicular lymph nodes may occur as a reaction to infection or due to metastatic cancer. This type of swelling typically occurs just above a person’s collarbone. Lymph nodes are part of ...

Swelling of the feet or ankles resembles a minor problem, yet often it acts as a message regarding circulation of the entire body. When fluid leaks out of the blood vessels and collects in the lower ...