Hydrops

As hydrops - the Greek term for " dropsy " - the increased occurrence of water or serous fluid is referred to in preformed cavities in medicine.

In a broader sense including also the pathologically increased incidence of fluid in the body tissue - edema - understood.

A hydrops may be necessary in as:

Articular effusion or hydrops (eg " joint colds " during viral infection)
Fetal hydrops universalis: a clinical picture which, inter alia, is the hemolytic disease of the newborn described
Hydrops gravidarum: a pathological water retention in the body of the pregnant woman, without the increase in blood pressure or renal involvement (proteinuria ) is associated.
Hydrops tubae or hydrosalpinx as a cause of fertility disorders of women
Hydrops vesicae felleae or hydrops of the gallbladder wall as a result of chronic irritation condition in gallstones ( cholelithiasis)
Cochlear hydrops: A endolymphatic hydrops can also develop in the inner ear ( cochlea) and leads to a lowering of the hearing curve at low frequencies, at a greater extent can the organ of equilibrium be affected. See also Meniere's disease.
Hydrothorax: accumulation of water in the chest, and chest dropsy or Serothorax called.

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