In patients with swollen ankles high blood pressure is often seen as a causative agent. Steroids and Antidepressants are also seen as causes of Swollen Ankles. These medicines widen the small blood vessels resulting in leakage of fluids from vessels to the tissues.
When the truth was discovered, his wife-mother hanged herself, and Oedipus gouged out his own eyes. They had four children together. The story of Oedipus is the subject of Sophocles 's tragedy Oedipus the King, which was followed by Oedipus at Colonus and then Antigone.
Oedipus finds out from a messenger that Polybus, king of Corinth, Oedipus' father, has died of old age. Jocasta rejoices â surely this is proof that the prophecy Oedipus heard is worthless. Still, Oedipus worries about fulfilling the prophecy with his mother, Merope, a concern Jocasta dismisses.