Lymphedema is often managed with physical therapy and compression sleeves or stockings.

She wears a compression sleeve on one arm to fight swelling related to earlier surgery.

A: At the earliest stages of lymphedema your doctor will treat you with a compression sleeve or garment until the symptoms are resolved.

A compression sleeve may help.

Pumps and compression sleeves may also help.

If you are installing a plastic supply pipe, buy a plastic compression sleeve and discard the brass one.

Pressure garments are also called compression sleeves and lymphedema sleeves or stockings.

Before twisting the connector nut onto the shutoff valve, slip the compression sleeve onto the pipe end.

They may need to wear special compression sleeves or garments and take other precautions when traveling.

After trying a compression sleeve and a compression pump, both recommended by her oncologist, her symptoms worsened, she said.