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- Title
Reducing the burden: managing lymphoedema and its complications.
- Authors
Payne, Drew
- Abstract
Lymphoedema effects approximately 200 000 people in UK. It is a chronic condition without a cure but there is much that can be done to ease and manage these complications. This article looks at the eight most common complications, providing advise on how to manage them, derived from the literature and the author's own experience. It also presents advise on how nurses can promote self-management of these complications, promoting patients' self-care.
- Subjects
LYMPHEDEMA; LYMPHATICS; WEIGHT loss; COMPRESSION bandages; SELF-management (Psychology); EXERCISE; SKIN care; COMPRESSION garments; COMPRESSION therapy; EXUDATES &; transudates; WOUND care; SOCIAL support; DISEASE relapse; DISEASE complications; SYMPTOMS
- Publication
British Journal of Community Nursing, 2024, Vol 29, Issue 6, p296
- ISSN
1462-4753
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.12968/bjcn.2024.29.6.296