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.
An important element in Sophocles, Oedipus the King is the Sphinx and her riddle. To be sure, the content of the riddle is never specified in the play. There are, however, a number of specific references or allusions to the Sphinx in the play (H&P, p. 707, line 37; p. 710, line 131; p. 717, line 382; p. 720, line 485)