Lymphedema no longer rare, still underdiagnosed
November 26th, 2007 Posted by: Dr. Dobson
Washington — Trained in family practice medicine, Caroline Fife, MD, didn’t know what she was getting into when she decided to begin treating people with lymphedema.
She was operating a wound clinic at Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center in Houston and was receiving calls from people seeking relief for their swollen limbs. They seemed to have nowhere else to go. So she thought, “How hard can it be? I know a lot about leg swelling.”
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