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A peptide made during inflammation and injury. It relaxes blood vessels, lowers blood pressure, lets fluid leak into tissues and triggers pain. The enzyme ACE breaks it down, so ACE inhibitorAYS in-HIB-ih-terA blood pressure drug that blocks the enzyme that makes angiotensin II, so blood vessels relax and less fluid is held in the body.Full entry let it build up; this is the cause of their dry cough and, more rarely, of angioedemaan-jee-oh-eh-DEE-muhSwelling in the deeper layers of the skin and the lining of the mouth, throat or gut.angi/o vesseledema swellingFull entry , swelling of the lips, tongue and throat.
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inflammation
The body's protective response to injury or infection, with redness, heat, swelling, pain and sometimes loss of function.
ACE inhibitor
A blood pressure drug that blocks the enzyme that makes angiotensin II, so blood vessels relax and less fluid is held in the body.
angioedema
Swelling in the deeper layers of the skin and the lining of the mouth, throat or gut.