lymphedema 1/19 Flashcards
primary or secondary lymphedema?
Lymphatic hypoplasia
primary
primary or secondary lymphedema?
Milroy’s disease
primary
(congenital lymphedema)
disorder begins in infancy and causes lymph nodes to form abnormally.
primary or secondary lymphedema?
Meige’s disease
primary
(lymphedema praecox)
onset puberty or during pregnancy, though it can occur later, until age 35.
primary or secondary lymphedema?
lymphedema tarda
primary
rarely and usually begins after age 35.
primary or secondary lymphedema?
Pregnancy
secondary
primary or secondary lymphedema?
Congestive heart failure
secondary
primary or secondary lymphedema?
Chronic venous insufficiency
secondary
primary or secondary lymphedema?
filariasis
secondary
primary or secondary lymphedema?
surgery, chemotherapy
secondary
manual lymphatic drainage,
type and direction of massage?
Superficial massage to proximal segments prior to distal
- eliminate edema is to clear the proximal segments first.
what grade?
latency phase
- feel heavier
- no clinical edema
grade 0
what grade?
- negative stemmers sign
- increase edema w standing and activity
- no sign skin change on dorm of foot
- edema decrease with elevated limb
- soft and pitting edema
grade 1 reversible
what grade?
- edema does not decrease with elevated limb
- non pitting edema
- stemmers sign (cannot pinch skin)
grade 2 irreversible
