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Stage 1 Lipedema - Correct Answers Fat
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Swelling resolves with rest/elevation I I I
Stage 2 Lipedema - Correct Answers Peau' d' orange
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Easy bruising I I
Less resolution w/ rest and elevation
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Stage 3 Lipedema - Correct Answers Fibrosclerosis- hard connective tissue
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LARGE mass of skin I I I I
Swelling doesn't recede I I
Stage 4 Lipedema - Correct Answers Fibrosclerosis/Elephantitis
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LARGER Masses of skin overhang I I I I
LIPO-LYMPHEDEMA (becomes lymphedema at this stage) I I I I I
Columnar pants - Correct Answers column like swelling with lipedema
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Harem pants (pantaloons) - Correct Answers like princess Jazmine pants in Aladin
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lipedema
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jodhpurs (riding breeches) - Correct Answers big hips and smaller calfs lipedema
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Lymphedema Stage 0 AKA - Correct Answers Subclinical or Latent Stage
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Lymphedema Stage 0 Characteristics - Correct Answers -No swelling
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-Reduced TC and functional reserve I I I I
-Normal tissue consistency but US can reveal changes
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-May have heaviness, achiness, warmth (Transient symptoms)
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-Education/prevention
Lymphedema Stage 1 AKA - Correct Answers Reversible Stage
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Lymphedema Stage 1 Characteristics - Correct Answers -Pitting edema that goes down
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w/ elevation or treatment
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heavy, aching, fatigued I I
-Puffy
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- negative or borderline stemmer sign
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Lymphedema Stage 2 AKA - Correct Answers Spontaneously Irreversible Stage
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, Lymphedema Stage 2 Characteristics - Correct Answers -FIBROSIS
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-Hard, lumpy, thickened, sludgy tissue I I I I
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-Edema that can be partially reduced or is irreversible
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-Prone to infections I I
Lymphedema Stage 3 AKA - Correct Answers Elephantiasis or
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Sclerotic Lymphedema I
Lymphedema Stage 3 Characteristics - Correct Answers -SECONDARY SKIN
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CHANGES
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-Trigger is infection/cellulitis I I
-Skin folds/distorted shapesI I
-Severe skin changes- papillomatosis, hyperkeratosis, lichenification, hyperpigmentation
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Initial Lymphatics AKA - Correct Answers Lymph Plexus
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initial lymph collectors I I
initial lymph vessels I I
Initial Lymphatics Characterisitics - Correct Answers LOCATED: Just under epitheal layer
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of epidermis and in the subendothelial lining of mucous membranes
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-LARGER THAN BCs I I
-PICK UP LLs I I
-Irregular lumen with a discontinuous basement membrane of a single layer of flat oak leaf in
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shape LECs
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PRE-COLLECTORS - Correct Answers -FOUND in- superficial portions of the dermis &
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end at the collectors in the subcutaneous tissue
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-CONNECT initial lymphatics to collectors I I I I
-Has some smooth muscle and some valves
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-Has some open junctionsI I I
COLLECTORS - Correct Answers Bring lymph to Lnn and trunks
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HAVE DEVELOPED VALVES I I
Run parallel and bring lymph fluid distal to proximal
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Deep collectors draining the deeper tissues & organs
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Intima- endothelial cells and a basal membrane. I I I I I I