LymphTherapy

27/08/2025

We’re proud to share that our Director of Strategic Partnerships, Mary Warrilow, has published a blog article with the Royal College of Nursing and their Women’s Health Forum to help raise awareness of lipoedema amongst nurses and midwives.

Educating healthcare professionals is essential in ensuring earlier recognition, better care and support for people living with lipoedema.

A huge thank you to the Royal College of Nursing for collaborating with us 💙

👉 Read the full blog here: https://ow.ly/glN450WM0fW

24/10/2024

Delighted to be able to raise a bit more awareness on via the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) magazine - Let’s hope it helps with Nurses and other HCP recognising and helping with this condition that affects so many women. https://www.rcn.org.uk/magazines/Clinical/2024/Oct/The-lowdown-on-lipoedema.

Clinical Nurse Specialist Mary Warrilow provides the facts about this frequently unrecognised and often distressing long-term condition.

11/04/2023

Delighted to have the opportunity to write this Article in The Journal of Community Nursing. There is so much more work to do to raise awareness of LIPOEDEMA- this article looks at differential diagnosis, early diagnosis and management in Community and Primary Care.
UK

Lipoedema is an adipose tissue disorder almost exclusively affecting women. Evidence shows lipoedema is both poorly recognised and misdiagnosed which results in many women struggling to get a diagnosis and to gain access to specialist NHS services. This article aims to raise awareness of lipoedema a...

10/10/2022

Both Lipoedema and Lymphoedema, as with many long term conditions can not just affect physical but also have a huge impact on mental health.
Today is World Mental Health Day …. So if you are living with or caring for someone with Lipoedema or Lymphoedema don’t forget about good mental health and well-being…. Here’s a useful link from Mental Health Foundation

https://www.mentalhealth.org.uk/sites/default/files/2022-07/mhf-our-best-ever-mental-health-tips-backed-by-research_0.pdf