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Stage 1 Lipedema: ANSWER FAT
Rest and elevation help to reduce swelling.


Stage 2 Lipedema - ANSWER Peau d'Orange

Easy bruising.

Reduced resolution with rest and elevation.


Fibrosclerosis, or hard connective tissue, is the answer to stage 3 lipedema.

Large quantity of skin

T does not subside.


Stage 4 Lipedema: Fibrosclerosis/Elephantitis

Larger areas of skin overhang

LIPO-LYMPHEDEMA (which develops into lymphoedema at this stage)


Columnar trousers - A column-like swelling accompanies lipedema.


Harem pants (pantaloons) - ANSWER: like Princess Jazmine pants in Aladdin
Lipedema


Jodhpurs (riding breeches) - ANSWER: large hips and smaller calfs lipedema.


Lymphoedema Stage 0 (also known as subclinical or latent)

,Lymphoedema Stage 0 Characteristics - ANSWER: No swelling.

-Reduced thermal capacity and functional reserve

-Tissue consistency is normal, although ultrasound can indicate alterations.

-There may be heaviness, achiness, and warmth (transient symptoms).

-Education/Prevention


Lymphoedema Stage 1 AKA - Answer: Reversible Stage


Lymphoedema Stage 1 Characteristics - ANSWER -Pitting oedema that decreases
with elevation or treatment

Heavy, hurting, and exhausted

-Puffy

Goal: decrease oedema

- Negative or borderline stemmer sign


Lymphoedema Stage 2 AKA: Spontaneously Irreversible Stage.


Lymphoedema Stage 2 Characteristics: FIBROSIS

-Hard, lumpy, thickened, and sludgy tissue

-Non-pitting.

-Oedema that can be partially reduced or irreversible

-prone to infections.

, Lymphoedema Stage 3 (also known as elephantiasis)

Sclerotic lymphoedema.


Lymphoedema Stage 3 Characteristics - Answer: Secondary Skin Changes

-The trigger is infection/cellulitis.

-Skin folds or deformed forms.

-Severe skin alterations include papillomatosis, hyperkeratosis, lichenification, and
hyperpigmentation.


Initial lymphatics, also known as Lymph Plexus

Initial lymph collectors

The earliest lymph vessels


Initial Lymphatic Characteristics - ANSWER LOCATED: Just under the epidermal
layer and in the subendothelial lining of mucous membranes


-Larger than BCs.

-Pick up LLs.

- Irregular lumen with a discontinuous foundation membrane of a single layer of
flat oak leaf-shaped LECs


PRE-COLLECTORS - ANSWER -FOUND in superficial sections of the dermis
and end at the collectors in the subcutaneous tissue.


-Connect the early lymphatics to collectors.

-Has smooth muscle and valves.

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