[Oedema of the lower limb in the general practice]. / Obrzek konczyn dolnych w praktyce lekarza rodzinnego.

There is more numerous number of patients in the different age rangesubmit to the general physician. They are transfer to the angiologist or to the vascular surgeon then. The oedema of the lower limb is not only an aestehtic problem. It can be very difficult and in the extreme cases can lead to trobles with move, especially in older patients. The causes of the oedema of theb lower limb can be very deiversed, from trivial caused by the injury to the very serious like phlegmasia coerulea dolens.