“Patients with pulmonary edema generally describe breathlessness. Sometimes they feel like they are suffocating or breathing ...

Hereditary angioedema (HAE) is a rare genetic condition that can cause severe swelling that is painful and can be life-threatening. These attacks can occur suddenly. In 2025, Ekterly (sebetralstat) ...

Hereditary angioedema (HAE) causes severe swelling attacks that are unpredictable, painful, and potentially life-threatening. People with this condition often use medicines that are injected into the ...

Waking up with a swollen tongue can transform a normal morning into a concerning health situation. This unusual symptom, medically known as glossitis, often catches people off guard and raises ...

T he severe swelling of hereditary angioedema (HAE) can be uncomfortable and inconvenient at best, life-threatening at worst. What’s more, symptoms are unpredictable, vary in severity, and crop up out ...

Anita C. Chandrasekaran, MD, MPH, is a rheumatologist at Hartford Healthcare Medical Group in Connecticut. She is board-certified in both rheumatology and internal medicine. Symptoms of a swollen ...