Experts point out that patients should have a correct understanding of lymphedema, so that they can go to the hospital for examination and treatment as soon as possible when the symptoms of the disease appear. Do you have a correct understanding of lymphedema?
Congenital lymphedema can be divided into two types: 1. Simple onset without family or genetic factors. The incidence rate was 12% of primary lymphedema. After birth, one side of the limb was localized or diffuse swelling, no pain, no ulcer, rarely complicated with infection, generally in good condition, mostly in the lower limbs. 2. Hereditary disease, also known as Milroy's disease, is rare. There are many patients in the same family, that is, one side of the lower limb is affected.
Infectious lymphedema
Including bacteria, fungi, filariasis and other infections. Foot skin cracks or blisters are the most common way of invasion of pathogenic bacteria, followed by varicose veins of lower limbs complicated with ulcer secondary infection and other local injury or infection are also the ways of bacterial invasion. In addition, pelvic lymphadenitis caused by female pelvic inflammatory disease can obstruct the lymphatic return of lower limbs and cause lymphadenopathy of affected limbs.
Streptococcus is the most common pathogen of secondary infection. It is characterized by recurrent acute cellulitis and acute lymphangitis, with severe systemic symptoms, chills, high fever, nausea and vomiting, and swelling of local lymph nodes with tenderness. After anti-inflammatory symptomatic treatment, the systemic symptoms subsided quickly, but the local lesions relieved slowly and easily repeated. After each attack, the swelling of lower limbs worsened, and finally the skin became rough and verrucous. A few patients could have secondary chronic ulcer.