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Another benefit of her weight loss has been its affect on her lymphedema symptoms.
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Brianne Tracy, People.com, 9 Oct. 2024
Graves’ is an autoimmune disorder affecting the thyroid, while lymphedema causes swelling in the feet and legs.
—Jami Ganz, New York Daily News, 21 Feb. 2024
Williams discussed her experience living with Graves' disease on The Wendy Williams Show in 2018 and revealed her lymphedema diagnosis during a 2022 segment on TMZ Live.
—Danielle Sinay, Glamour, 22 Feb. 2024
Wheelchair users who have early-stage breast cancer may worry if having a mastectomy, rather than a lumpectomy, will mean developing lymphedema, long-term swelling in the arm that could compromise their ability to self-propel a wheelchair.
—Elizabeth Cooney, STAT, 13 Dec. 2023
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Brianne Tracy, People.com, 9 Oct. 2024
Graves’ is an autoimmune disorder affecting the thyroid, while lymphedema causes swelling in the feet and legs.
—Jami Ganz, New York Daily News, 21 Feb. 2024
Williams discussed her experience living with Graves' disease on The Wendy Williams Show in 2018 and revealed her lymphedema diagnosis during a 2022 segment on TMZ Live.
—Danielle Sinay, Glamour, 22 Feb. 2024
Wheelchair users who have early-stage breast cancer may worry if having a mastectomy, rather than a lumpectomy, will mean developing lymphedema, long-term swelling in the arm that could compromise their ability to self-propel a wheelchair.
—Elizabeth Cooney, STAT, 13 Dec. 2023
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“Lymphedema.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lymphedema. Accessed 15 Nov. 2024.
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lymphedema
noun
lymph·ede·ma
variants
or chiefly British lymphoedema
: edema due to faulty lymphatic drainage
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