{"id":1600,"date":"2026-07-07T03:52:21","date_gmt":"2026-07-07T10:52:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ilf.cricp.org.uk\/?p=1600"},"modified":"2026-07-07T13:51:25","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T13:51:25","slug":"8-what-can-make-lymphoedema-worse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ilf.cricp.org.uk\/?p=1600","title":{"rendered":"8. What can make lymphoedema worse?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"postie-post\">Several factors can increase swelling or trigger a flare-up:<br \/>\n. Weight gain or obesity, which places extra strain on the lymphatic system. . Skin infections, such as cellulitis or erysipelas, which can damage the lymphatic vessels and make swelling worse. . Puberty, when hormonal changes may cause lymphoedema to appear for the first time or become more noticeable. . Injuries or surgery, even minor ones in some children. . Certain medicines, including some anti-inflammatory drugs or corticosteroids, although these are much less common causes and should never be stopped without medical advice.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Several factors can increase swelling or trigger a flare-up: . Weight gain or obesity, which places extra strain on the lymphatic system. . Skin infections, such as cellulitis or erysipelas, which can damage the lymphatic vessels and make swelling worse. . Puberty, when hormonal changes may cause lymphoedema to appear for the first time or [&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-1600","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\/1600","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=1600"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ilf.cricp.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1600\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1607,"href":"https:\/\/ilf.cricp.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1600\/revisions\/1607"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ilf.cricp.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1600"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ilf.cricp.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1600"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ilf.cricp.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1600"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}