{"slug":"lymphoedema","tag":"lymphoedema","variants":["lymphoedema"],"description":"No description yet","count":1,"kinds":{"protocol":1},"related":[{"slug":"breast-cancer","tag":"breast cancer","shared":1},{"slug":"protocol","tag":"protocol","shared":1},{"slug":"survivorship","tag":"survivorship","shared":1}],"records":[{"id":"lymphoedema-risk-reduction-surveillance-and-treatment","kind":"protocol","name":"Lymphoedema after breast cancer: risk reduction, surveillance, early compression and treatment","route":"/protocols/lymphoedema-risk-reduction-surveillance-and-treatment/","tldr":"After surgery or radiotherapy to the armpit nodes, the arm can swell (lymphoedema). Measuring the arm before surgery and at check-ups can find swelling early, when a compression sleeve may stop it becoming permanent. Exercise, including weights, is safe. Infection raises the risk; the old bans on blood pressure, needles or flying are not well supported. Report arm swelling, heaviness or redness."}]}