{"id":1592,"date":"2026-07-06T01:02:26","date_gmt":"2026-07-06T08:02:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ilf.cricp.org.uk\/?p=1592"},"modified":"2026-07-07T13:54:30","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T13:54:30","slug":"what-is-lymphoedema-and-how-many-children-are-affected","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ilf.cricp.org.uk\/?p=1592","title":{"rendered":"1. What is lymphoedema and how many children are affected?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lymphoedema is a long-term condition that causes swelling because lymph fluid cannot drain away properly. The lymphatic system normally collects excess fluid from the body&#8217;s tissues and returns it to the bloodstream. When this system does not develop normally or does not work properly, fluid builds up and causes swelling.<br><br>Primary lymphoedema is rare in children. It affects around 1-2 children in every 100,000 before the age of 20. However, experts believe the true number may be higher because many children are diagnosed late or are initially mistaken for having another condition.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lymphoedema is a long-term condition that causes swelling because lymph fluid cannot drain away properly. The lymphatic system normally collects excess fluid from the body&#8217;s tissues and returns it to the bloodstream. When this system does not develop normally or does not work properly, fluid builds up and causes swelling. Primary lymphoedema is rare in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[44],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1592","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-causes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ilf.cricp.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1592","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ilf.cricp.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ilf.cricp.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ilf.cricp.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ilf.cricp.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1592"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ilf.cricp.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1592\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1612,"href":"https:\/\/ilf.cricp.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1592\/revisions\/1612"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ilf.cricp.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1592"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ilf.cricp.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1592"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ilf.cricp.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1592"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}