How to do lymphatic self-massage on your face, head and neck
https://libcat.nshealth.ca/en/permalink/chpams38177
Nova Scotia Health Authority. Radiation Oncology Site Team.
Halifax, NS:
Nova Scotia Health Authority
, 2023.
- Pamphlet Number
- 4045
- Available Online
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This pamphlet is for patients who were treated for head and neck cancer with surgery to remove a tumour(s) or lymph nodes, or with radiation therapy. The pamphlet explains what your lymphatic system is, what lymphatic self-massage is and why it is important, and how to do lymphatic self-massage step-by-step. Information on signs of infection and what to do if you think you have an infection is included.
- Available Online
- View Pamphlet
- Corporate Author
- Nova Scotia Health Authority. Radiation Oncology Site Team
- Place of Publication
- Halifax, NS
- Publisher
- Nova Scotia Health Authority
- Date of Publication
- 2023
- Format
- Pamphlet
- Language
- English
- Physical Description
- 1 electronic document (9 p.) : digital, PDF file
- Subjects (MeSH)
- Neoplasms
- Lymphedema
- Manual Lymphatic Drainage
- Subjects (LCSH)
- Cancer--Complications
- Lymphedema
- Lymphatics--Massage
- Specialty
- Cancer Care
- Abstract
- This pamphlet is for patients who were treated for head and neck cancer with surgery to remove a tumour(s) or lymph nodes, or with radiation therapy. The pamphlet explains what your lymphatic system is, what lymphatic self-massage is and why it is important, and how to do lymphatic self-massage step-by-step. Information on signs of infection and what to do if you think you have an infection is included.
- Responsibility
- Prepared by: NSH Radiation Oncology Site Team
- Pamphlet Number
- 4045
