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Can anyone tell me what DROPSY is

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Heather

Heather Report 4 Jan 2005 21:20

I remember watching a "Country Matters" play years ago - Im not sure if it was Mill over the Floss. But the young single girl in that got pregnant but told people she had the dropsy. So I imagine it was associated with swelling from fluid?

Phoenix

Phoenix Report 4 Jan 2005 19:38

Hi Tracy I battled through various websites a little while ago to try to find out what dropsy was. What everyone is saying is correct. It was a blanket term, gradually replaced by Morbus Cordis, which sounded more scientific, but both covered a variety of different conditions. B

Pat

Pat Report 4 Jan 2005 18:39

Yeah Nell I have a 16 year old boy who it's stated on the death cert died of Morbus Cordis 1 month underneath written Dropsy Morbus = Disease Cordis = Related to the heart Dropsy = due to Heart failure (in this case) Pat x

Unknown

Unknown Report 4 Jan 2005 18:35

Tracy Rose From that website "Dropsy (or Dropsey) Contraction of hydropsy, which means oedema (fluid retention), often due to Heart failure /Kidney disease " it's actually a symptom rather than a disease. nell

Pat

Pat Report 4 Jan 2005 18:33

Tracy check out this website for Archaic Medical Terms: http://www.paul_smith.doctors(.)org(.)uk/ArchaicMedicalTerms(.)htm Please remove brackets Pat x

Tracy

Tracy Report 4 Jan 2005 18:27

Thanks