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Indications for Treatment

Indications for treatment include:

Primary Lymphedema

Secondary Lymphedema
– Cancer &/or radiation
– Cellulitis
– Coronary Artery Bypass Graft with vein harvesting
– Chronic Venous Insufficiency
– Obesity
– Lipedema
– Dependent Positioning
– Inactivity (paralysis)

Pain
– Chronic Regional Pain Syndrome
– Unknown Causes

Surgery (manual lymph drainage helps reduce healing time, swelling, pain & scar tissue formation)

Sports Injuries (such as sprains or strains)

Other

Note:  Foldi’s Textbook for Lymphedema outlines three types of lymphatic insufficiency resulting in volume increase:

  1. Lymphostatic (a.k.a. mechanical insufficiency of the lymphatics, a high-protein edema)
  2. Dynamic (a low-protein edema such as malnutrition, renal dysfunction & congestive heart failure)
  3. Combined Forms (lymphostatic & dynamic components)

In dynamic or in combined forms listed above, volume should improve or resolve (in the case of dynamic alone) once the underlying medical condition is treated.  However, sometimes a physician may desire compression for help in managing volume & its complications (such as weeping) once a person is medically stable.  When such conditions are present, extreme caution must be exercised &, in some case, treatment may not be appropriate at all.

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