Treatment for Lymphedema

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There is no single standard of care for lymphedema treatment. Patient and provider preference should guide care for any given patient. There have become many options for treatment of lymphedema. Most of these options have the potential to cause significant complications. Most lymphedema doctors are aware of many of these options and will discuss them with their patients. When considering lymphedema treatment, the goal should be symptom relief, with the aim to improve the quality of life of patients. However, because there is considerable variability in the efficacy and adverse-effects profile of individual agents; they should be tailored to the patient.

There are more and more data that show that treating lymphedema can prevent it. There are two types of treatments for lymphedema: physiologic and surgical, all of them are equally effective. Only the duration is not the same. Some patients with lymphedema can live as if they were cured and they can even keep on riding a bicycle without pain. If it is a physiologic Lymphedema, maybe after a few years when the lymph can be reabsorbed, it will vanish. However, the lymph cannot be really erased. The only way to erase this chronic disease is by using surgeries. If it is a secondary lymphedema the results depend on the cause of acquiring the disease.

around 7,500 people develop lymphedema a year in the United States and around 2,500 people become completely edentulous. The disease affects an average of 1.3 per 100,000 people annually. Most cases are confined to the upper extremities, with only 25.8% happening in the lower extremities. Lymphedema can be managed successfully with conservative treatment. Surgery, even if necessary, is a rarely used treatment option.

This article highlights the signs of lymphedema and provides prevention and treatment information. If one has lymphedema, one needs to know the signs of it in order to be aware of her/his condition.

Lymphedema is a complex disease caused by a number of factors. Its development is affected by an individual's anatomy of the lymph system. Women are at increased risk of developing lymphedema and have a number of risk factors including surgeries in the groin or groin and axilla, radiation therapy to the lower chest, weight loss and pregnancy or childbirth. Risk factors for lymphedema during pregnancy include previous surgery on the pelvic region, pregnancy at an advanced stage, and a history of breast or ovarian cancer.

Lymphedema is the swelling of the arm or leg caused by an inability to pump or push the lymph away. This swelling may occur in women as a result of the removal of the lymph nodes during surgery, during childbirth, or as a result of cancer or other disease. In addition to swelling it may worsen discomfort and worsen walking and the ability to dress. Although a wide variety of treatments are available, no specific treatment is available for lymphedema.

Clinical trials are worthwhile in some situations and potentially important in the treatment of lymphedema. Clinical trials should be specifically designed to take into account all key considerations, including what the research question may be, what treatments are available, and what they are in common. They need to last at least one year in order to be useful. Clinical trials can help to determine whether a new treatment is better, similar, or worse than an established treatment for a specific condition. It is imperative that clinical trials receive rigorous oversight to ensure that the research has the quality to be useful. Such oversight should be required by both the academic institution conducting the studies and the regulators.

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Lymphedema is a chronic disease that often requires a prolonged course of treatment. However, this is sometimes under-recognised by many patients and care teams. Improved education and increased referral pathways are required. I argue that in addition to the chronic nature of lymphedema, the treatment algorithm is also underpinned by the 'disease model' that drives the treatment and management. This model is a framework that has been used to analyse disease patterns and inform treatment strategies. Treating lymphedema with adequate and repeated treatment, focusing on compression garments, is necessary to reduce and manage disease progression. Treating patients with lymphoedema for prolonged periods, in an ongoing way (e.g.