LANA CLT PREP EXAM WITH (210) QUESTIONS AND
VERIFIED ANSWERS
MLD absolute contraindications- geMLD absolute contraindications- general -
ANSWER: acute infection, acute DVT, advanced renal illness, cardiac edema.
The psychological influence of
Lymphedema: Impact of
Lymphedema has been found to include low self-identity.
Emotional disturbance and psychological anguish. Social
Impact included feelings of exclusion and perceived
Public insensitivity, financial strain, social isolation,
Sexuality is viewed as being decreased. - ANSWER
Bandaing contraindications are rigorous and include DVT, infection, cardiac
edema, severe artery disease, cancer, and renal failure.
Bandaging precautions: HTN, moderate artery disease, limb paralysis, diabetes.
Symptoms of an infection include fever, swelling, heat, acute/aggressiveness,
redness, and pain.
MLD general precautions - ANSWER Malignant lymph (MD clearance), older than
60 (risk of migrating arteriosclerosis),
MLD absolute contraindications- neck: sensitive carotid sinus, hyperthyroidism,
cardiac arrhythmia.
,MLD absolute contraindications for the abdomen include pregnancy, diverticulitis,
recent abdominal x-ray, AAA, Crohn's disease, menstruation, pelvic DVT,
greenfield filter, unexplained pain, and IBS.
Identify the trunks: Subclavian, Mediastinal (Broncho), Lumbar, Supraclavicular,
Jugular, and Intestines (parasternal).
Lipedema stage 1 - ANSWER smooth skin, increased subcutaneous fat, swelling
subsides with rest or elevation.
Lipedema stage 2: ANSWER uneven skin with indentations in fat tissue, and
greater mounds of fat (lipomas).
Lipedema stage 3 - ANSWER: Large fat ejection producing deformities
-fibrosclerosis, big bulk, swelling does not subside
Lipedema stage 4: ANSWER elephants, big overhangs
Turner syndrome is non-hereditary, congenital, has a short sterile webbed neck,
affects only females, and can be resolved.
Meiges syndrome - female, type II non-congenital hereditary, onset puberty
(praecox).
-Usually included LEs, syndactylism (fusion of toes), distichiasis (two rows of
eyelashes),
Effects B/L lower quadrants: hence, BLEs are frequently affected.
Primary lymph therefore affects b/l LQ.
,Milroy syndrome - ANSWER At birth for men, or shortly after
Normally contains one leg, but might include both, arms, genitals, or face.
Hypoplasia (lower tissue growth than normal)
LE frequent can have an upper
Distichiasis syndrome: ANSWER Variant peripubertal onset
Congenital anomalies
Hyperplasia of the lower limb with reflux (pooling).
Not always LE.
May present alone or with cardiac abnormalities, cleft palate, craniofacial, and
others.
Klippel-Trenuary (Webber Syndrome or KTWS) - ANSWER praecox,
non-hereditary, abnormal lymph vessels with reflux
Overgrowth of veins, arteries, and tissues
-Port wine, bone hypertrophy, webbed digits
Klinefelter syndrome is a chromosomal condition in males.
Tall, lengthy, inadequate puberty development, big breasts, small testes, and sparse
facial hair.
Stewart Treves - Answer: Angiosarcoma in chronic lymph as a result of radical
mastectomy.
bruised but not sore.
Podoconosis - ANSWER: Endemic nonformal elephantitis.
, Geochemical, irritants in soil
Tenia Pedis - Athlete's Foot
Tenia Coporis - ANSWER: Ringworm
Lymph capillaries are located close to blood arteries in the interstitial space of the
subendothelial and mucosal membranes.
Lymphatic capillary characteristics: ANSWER: create lymph plexus encompassing
entire body, function ABSORB for lymph creation (bigger than blood capillaries,
more permeable).
flat endothelial cells with inlet
Pre-collectors connect capillaries to connectors; TRANSPORT (can absorb), have
smooth muscle in some places, and may have some valves.
Collectors - ANSWER: link nodes to trunks
-similar to veins with three layers (intima = endothelium, medium = smooth
muscle, adventitia = connective tissue).
valves with proximal flow.
Lymphangiohn is a functional unit with valves pushing lymph from distal to
proximal
-intrinsic contractility: how lymph is pumped.