Idiopathic angioedema is a skin reaction that causes swelling in tissues under the skin. The cause is unknown, but stress, infections, and exposure to heat or allergens may trigger it. Various ...

Hereditary angioedema (HAE) is a genetic condition that causes bouts of swelling in the tissue under your skin. The uncomfortable swelling can happen in many different parts of your body, including ...

Hereditary angioedema (HAE) is a condition that causes repeated attacks of painful swelling. The swelling most often affects the skin, digestive tract, and upper airway (tongue, throat, and larynx).

Angioedema is deep tissue swelling that may occur due to various health conditions. Treating angioedema swelling depends on the cause. Angioedema may be acute or chronic, and acute symptoms may last ...

Hereditary angioedema (HAE) is a rare genetic disorder that causes swelling in different parts of the body. These attacks are often painful, unpredictable, and disfiguring. They can interfere with ...

A person may wake up with a swollen lip due to a mild allergic reaction or from an injury. In other cases, it may be a sign of a condition that needs medical treatment. It may be hard for a person to ...

Your tongue helps you taste, swallow, and talk. But it sometimes may get swollen for some reason. Usually, a puffy tongue is more annoying or uncomfortable than dangerous. But it may be a sign of ...

Mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) is a serine/threonine kinase and regulates cellular metabolism, growth and proliferation. Sirolimus is an mTOR inhibitor and is widely used as an immunosuppressive ...

In a small clinical trial, Intellia’s NTLA-2002 gene therapy based on CRISPR/Cas9 demonstrated promise in treating hereditary angioedema, a rare genetic condition that causes swelling of the skin, gut ...

Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2008;65(17):1627-1630. The patient in this case arrived at the ED with swelling of the lips, tongue, and periorbital region along with watery diarrhea. He was on day 18 of ...