Unfortunately, once it develops lymphedema is a permanent condition. With proper treatment, it’s possible to manage symptoms and return to your normal life.
Manage Your Lymphedema Symptoms
Manage Your Lymphedema Symptoms
When your lymphatic system is overwhelmed, damaged, or blocked, you may experience chronic swelling known as lymphedema. It’s a permanent condition that worsens over time if it isn’t properly treated.
Because the symptoms of lymphedema often overlap with vein disease, it’s important to get screened by a vein specialist.
Because the symptoms of lymphedema often overlap with vein disease, it’s important to get screened by a vein specialist.
When your lymphatic system is overwhelmed, damaged, or blocked, you may experience chronic swelling known as lymphedema. It’s a permanent condition that worsens over time if it isn’t properly treated.
When your lymphatic system is overwhelmed, damaged, or blocked, you may experience chronic swelling known as lymphedema. It’s a permanent condition that worsens over time if it isn’t properly treated.
Your Options for
Lymphedema Treatment in Venice
If you’re concerned about lymphedema or vein disease, it’s important to be evaluated by a professional. Exercise, lymphatic drainage treatments, and compression strategies are typical components of a treatment plan. For underlying vein disease, we offer minimally invasive treatment options in our office at Florida Lakes Vein Center.
Deep Vein Thrombosis
Effective treatment for deep vein thrombosis include anticoagulant therapy among other approaches.
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Venous Ulcers
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Typical treatments for lymphedema include increasing exercise, lymphatic drainage treatments, and compression strategies. For underlying vein disease, we offer minimally invasive treatment options in our office at Florida Lakes Vein Center.
What Causes Lymphedema?
While it’s possible to have lymphedema at birth, it’s more common for it to develop in response to disease, cancer treatment, and other factors.
Cancer and Treatments
Cancer that affects the lymphatic system, as well as chemo and radiation treatments, are the leading collective cause of lymphedema.
Weakened Lymphatic System
If lymph nodes aren’t functioning or the lymphatic system is blocked and can’t drain, the lymph fluid backs up and causes swelling associated with lymphedema.
Underlying vein disease
Symptoms of varicose veins can overlap with symptoms of lymphedema.
Additional Risk Factors
Certain factors can increase your likelihood of developing lymphedema. These include:
- Older age
- Obesity or excess weight
- Rheumatoid or psoriatic Arthritis
- Surgery that removed lymph nodes
- Damage to the lymphatic system
- Congestive heart failure
- Kidney disease
- Blood vessel issues
Lymphedema FAQs
Exercise and maintaining a healthy weight are essential parts of preventing lymphedema. When lymphedema is caused by an underlying disease, treating that disease can alleviate the symptoms.
Lymphedema is most common in those with cancer treatments or surgeries that impact the lymph nodes. Primary, or genetic, lymphedema is rare.
About Florida Lakes Vein Center
Florida Lakes Vein Center provides expert lymphedema treatment in Venice. Experienced vein specialists Francesca Mertan, Pa-C, and TC Lackey II, DO, lead a team of determined professionals who are passionate about listening to patients and obtaining a comprehensive medical history before recommending any vein treatment.
Our expert medical team has helped more than 1,000 patients across the region with their varicose veins and other vein disease.
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