Arm Is Swollen
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Content updated on Jan 4, 2023
About the symptom
Arm swelling occurs when a part of the arm increases in size, typically as a result of injury, inflammation, or fluid retention.
Possible causes
- Paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria
Paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria is a rare, life-threatening blood disease. It is characterized by red blood cell destruction, blood clots, and impaired bone marrow function.
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Yoshinori Abe, MD (Internal medicine)
Dr. Abe graduated from The University of Tokyo School of Medicine in 2015. He completed his residency at the Tokyo Metropolitan Health and Longevity Medical Center. He co-founded Ubie, Inc. in May 2017, where he currently serves as CEO & product owner at Ubie. Since December 2019, he has been a member of the Special Committee for Activation of Research in Emergency AI of the Japanese Association for Acute Medicine. | | Dr. Abe has been elected in the 2020 Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia Healthcare & Science category.
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