Untreated lymphedema can cause severe physical impairment and psychological distress and can have serious complications. A 61-year-old woman presented to her family physician’s office with ...

He had not travelled outside of Italy in the 10 years before the lymphedema developed. Physical examination revealed chronic bilateral skin changes involving the lower two-thirds of his legs. His skin ...

An Oklahoma woman came to the Jacksonville area for treatment of lymphedema, which caused painful swelling in her legs. Now ...

First admission. A seventy-one-year-old woman was admitted to the hospital because of bilateral leg edema. Two and a half years prior to entry the patient first noted the onset of ankle edema.

Mahogany Geter, a model in Tennessee, spent her childhood avoiding mirrors. “I felt hideous, like a freak of nature,” Geter, 25, tells TODAY.com. Geter was born with lymphedema in her ...

IF YOU DEVELOP LYMPHEDEMA, YOU SHOULD GET YOUR SHOT IN THE ARM THAT IS NOT SWOLLEN. IF BOTH ARMS ARE, CONSIDER GETTING YOUR SHOT IN YOUR LEG. LYMPHEDEMIA CAUSES SWELLING WHEN LYMPH NODES ARE REMOVED.

The former The Bachelorette contestant recently partnered up with Kathy Bates to raise awareness for the chronic disease lymphedema Cam Ayala has undergone a leg amputation and is keeping high ...