PREVENTING CELLULITIS AFTER BREAST CANCER | Infection risk after lymph node removal or radiation
This is a topic that anyone who has had Lymph Nodes removed or Lymph Vessels radiated should be made aware of... Not only made aware of, but educated to an appropriate depth.
Your Lymphatic System is a part of your Immune System. Remove or scar part of your Lymphatic System, means you compromise part of your Immune System.
The part of your Immune System that becomes compromised: The skin.
Cellulitis is a broad skin infection. If your Lymphatic System has been altered through surgery or radiation, you are at higher risk of Cellulitis.
Unfortunately, Cellulitis can trigger Lymphoedema. Which is why prevention is a very good topic to focus on.
In this video, I walk you through what Cellulitis is, how it presents, and what to do about it. And importantly...the link between Cellulitis and Breast Cancer Treatment.
This is a very important topic that all Breast Cancer patients and survivors should be made aware of, and comprehensively educated on.