miércoles, 24 de junio de 2020

THE AGL ASSOCIATION CONTINUES WITH THE SPECIALIZED PHYSIOTHERAPY SERVICE PROJECT FOR THE TREATMENT OF LYMPHEDEMA – Primary Lympoedema – Secondary Lymphoedema – Rare Disease

The Galician Association of Lymphoedema, Lipedema, Chronic Venous Insufficiency and other Peripheral Vascular Pathologies (AGL) has resumed the continuation of the project "Specialized Physiotherapy Service for Lymphoedema and Lipedema", which started in January this year. This project which is subsidized by the Xunta de Galicia (Galician Government) and the ONCE Foundation through income tax funds, had to make a stop because of COVID-19, but now it is restarting with all the necessary hygiene and health measures.


AGL develops this project in different Councils of Galicia (North-West Autonomous Region in Spain), in order to improve the skills and personal autonomy of each participant through social and labor integration. Currently, there are 90 people who come to the specialized service for the treatment of lymphedema and lipedema, which are located in 13 specialized clinics located in the municipalities of: La Coruña, Lugo, Ourense, Pontevedra, Vigo, Vilagarcía de Arousa, Santiago de Compostela , Ferrol, Culleredo and Baio.

In AGL we noted that the three months of stoppage in the treatments had adverse effects for many of the users of the program. Despite the daily self-care program they carried out at home, they felt an aggravation of their lymphedema, which confirms the need for this service to improve the day-to-day life of people who have this disease.


Lymphedema is consequence of a dysfunction in the Lymphatic System. It is a chronic, progressive and slowly evolving disease, that can become very serious. It proportionally affects more women than men. Currently there are no effective drugs or resolvable surgical interventions, and specialized Physiotherapy treatment has shown to be effective in preventing the worsening of the disease.


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