PITTSFIELD — Kelly Koperek spent more than a decade struggling with the pain that radiated through her left leg and left foot. She thought it was due to an old injury, something you deal with as you ...

“It almost feels like your skin is so tight and so hard ... it could explode,” said Joanne Sharnick, a breast cancer patient who described the feeling of lymphedema. Sharnick, 42, is going through ...

There’s no cure for lymphedema — the accumulation of lymphatic fluid that causes harmful swelling in limbs and other parts of the body — but there is help. Five therapists at Piedmont Hospital’s ...

In the early stages of the therapy for lymphedema, it is common for patients to require daily treatment to induce lymph fluid drainage and reduce the volume of the affected area. This intensive phase ...

(WNDU) - It’s been called cancer’s nasty little secret. Lymphedema is a condition where fluid builds up in a person’s arms or legs. Lymphedema can cause long-term physical, psychological, and social ...

The condition can be managed, and new treatments are being investigated. Tammy Ratliff studies her right arm every morning in the mirror, checking for redness, splotches or swelling. She stretches, ...

Survivors at risk of lymphedema are asked to follow a standard list of lifestyle adaptations, but two experts say those guidelines may change. Lymphedema, a pooling of fluid in areas from which lymph ...