Experimental drug may reduce lymphedema swelling and scarring

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An experimental drug may help reduce swelling and scarring associated with lymphedema, a condition in which lymph fluid accumulates in the limbs. The article describes Matthew Holbreich’s diagnosis and his referral to Stanford Medicine specialist Stanley Rockson.

Matthew Holbreich was a senior in college when the swelling started. He originally thought he had injured his left leg playing squash, but the intensity of the swelling scared him. After seeing a few doctors in Boston, where he was living at the time, he eventually was referred to Stanford Medicine's Stanley Rockson, M.D. A trip across the country resulted in a new diagnosis: lymphedema, a condition in which excess lymph fluid accumulates in a patient's arms or legs rather than draining through the lymphatic system into the bloodstream as it should.