Question

Help please? Lymphatic/ Immune System: Define edema and abscess. What are some of their causes? How are they alike and different?

Answer 1

Both edema and an abscess are hemodynamic disorders. Actually, because they are symptoms rather than actual disesases, the pathology people out there like to call them 'hematologic drangements,' but that is semantic.

The single manifesting difference between them is the scale of the condition: edema is global and affects an entire tissue or the entire body, where as an absess is a small, local, and sometimes encapsulated point of fluid accumulation. They result from different stimuli: often edema is a sign of systematic illness whereas abscess are foci of local infection or pathlogic processes.

Clear?

Answer 2

yes, thank you. Last minute studying, so brains a little fried. appreciate the help. =D

Answer 3

Cool. It has been a long time since anyone has asked a pathology problem here!

Answer 4

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