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- Title:
- Pitting edema, Feet
- Description:
- This late 1960s photograph depicts the swollen feet, also known as “pedal edema”, of a Nigerian child, (see also PHIL ID# 6901), who is suffering from kwashiorkor, a disease brought on due to a severe dietary protein deficiency. The feet of this child reveal pitting edema, which occurs as a result of pressure applied by an examiner’s fingertips upon the skin, causing an indentation in the swollen, fluid filled skin that persists for a long period of time after the release of the pressure; note the pressure points in both feet of this child.
- Subject:
- Edema
- Creator:
- Dr. Lyle Conrad
- Publisher:
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Rights:
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
- Resource Type:
- Image
