Julie Mallinson should see a GP every fortnight for her severe lymphedema but she just can't afford it. Instead, she's managing her pain and infections at home.
When a green dye was used to detect early signs of breast cancer-related lymphedema, patients tended to have better outcomes with the condition, recent research showed.
The gynecological cancer lymphedema questionnaire and the lower extremity lymphedema screening questionnaire showed moderate to substantial agreement across different cutoff points.
The human body is made up of thousands of tiny lymphatic vessels that ferry white blood cells and proteins around the body, like a superhighway of the immune system.
Lymphatic vessels are damaged due to injury or cancer treatments, and researchers are testing a new method using nanotechnology to prevent or treat lymphedema.