Her tissues swelled until, if she hadn't been on heavy painkillers, the pressure of the soft bed would have been agony.

The respiratory tissues swell up and become inflamed (the inflammation usually heals within a few weeks).

Repeated use of the same motion may cause tissues to swell and become fatigued.

When the tissues swell and put pressure on the nerves, you may experience:

The tissues in the nose may swell.

She fought to concentrate, but tissues swelled and swallowed her.

"The bullet isn't deep but it's lodged beside the bone and the tissue has swelled around it."

After several days with a tube in place, the laryngeal tissues sometimes swelled, making re-intubation difficult.

The soft tissues near her vocal cords were swelling closed.

When the tissues swell the opening (called the lumen) in the airway gets very narrow.