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Hygienic-Dietary to Prevention Lymphedema
Exercise controlled hygienic-dietary measures prevent lymphedema following breast removal, as stated by the president of the Spanish Society of Rehabilitation and Physical Medicine, Inmaculada García Montes, in the context of the Seventeenth National Congress of the Spanish Chapter Phlebology.
Garcia Montes said “it is an accumulation of protein-rich fluid called lymph in the interstitial space from overload or damage the drainage system and is characterized by chronic and progressive edema of the affected limb, and its most common form of appearance is associated with neoplastic disease and causes major disruption resulting aesthetic and functional problems of pain.
This expert said that although there is no cure, it may prevent the onset of secondary lymphedema and can be treated when it is already well established to reduce disability and occurrence of complications and keep it stable over time.