What is Lymphedema? - UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center

Lymph fluid and lymph nodes are a key part of our immune system. They help our bodies process immune system cells, proteins and other important elements. Sometimes, lymph nodes are removed due to cancer treatment. If this happens, your body might develop problems moving lymph fluid through your system. In this video, lymphedema is explained by experts from the UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center, including what the symptoms are, what it can do to your body and how to prevent it.

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The information in this video was accurate as of the upload date, 5/27/21. For information purposes only. Consult your local medical authority for advice.

0:00 What is lymphedema?
1:00 Symptoms of lymphedema
1:27 What to expect with lymphedema
2:10 Ways to prevent lymphedema
3:51 Conclusion

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My daughter's lymphedema came on after her period began. It's in her knees and below. she has the compression stockings. Her legs are elevated at night. She exercizes. We now eat low carb diet/ ketovore diet, organic as we heard blood sugar fluctuations could be a cause in some. She has had this for a year. We tried a fast. We tried the one meal a day fast. IT It still comes back on days she eats more than once. She is 14, with a normal bmi. Autophagy is stimulated when one does not eat for an extended period of time. For breakfast she eats a half a pound of ground beef with cumin, chili powder, salt, and about a tbls of homemade tomato paste, and an egg. she spoons that onto raw sweet cabbage like a taco. She then eats about 2 or 3 cups of unsweetened greek yogurt that she sweetens with stevia. If she is still hungry, she eats some pork rhinds. This is all her breakfast. Then she only drinks water for the rest of the day until the following morning. she doesnt even complain about being hungry. I could not believe the improvement. We only allow her to do it 4 times per week right now. If her bmi drops too much, we will try eating breakfast and an early lunch. maybe that will work too. we are trying to also isolate foods to see if they are a trigger. She loves pistachios. They are off the menu for a time and then we will reintroduce and see what happens. God bless you

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walking makes mine much worse? i love exercise but its tough to move around.

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what you also noticed they don't take tonsils out of the body like they used to you guys I remember I fixed a sore throat my mom took me to the doctors and when the doctor said that it was red and irritated I was like whoa wait a minute I fake this doctor got my tonsils taken out at age 14 so I thought maybe the doctor seen something that I didn't see so I went along with the doctor but guess what I needed those tonsils it shouldn't have only taken one visit from a doctor to tell me that I needed surgery in 2 weeks I wasn't even sick it's like there's a mass gallbladder surgery there was a massive tonsil surgeries I mean I'm just saying I'm just making scientific statements which is the documentation ongoing research and reports