Peter Charles Whybrow, MD

: A non-pitting type of edema that occurs in connective tissues throughout the body. It develops in advanced disease. If the metabolic rate drops so low that it becomes life threatening the result is Myxedema Coma (usually occurs in Pts w/long-standing, untreated hypothyroidism & can be trigged by stress, infection, trauma, or exposure to cold. ................
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