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Chronic lymphoedema may not just be about fluid. It may be about cholesterol. 🧬
In human tissue and translational mouse models, impaired lymphatic drainage led to excess dermal cholesterol deposition, adipocyte dysfunction, fibrosis, and swelling — even when plasma cholesterol was normal.
Clearing tissue cholesterol with cyclodextrin restored lymphatic architecture and reduced oedema.
Clear the cholesterol. Restore the flow
By Dr RR Baliga, MD, MBA5
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Chronic lymphoedema may not just be about fluid. It may be about cholesterol. 🧬
In human tissue and translational mouse models, impaired lymphatic drainage led to excess dermal cholesterol deposition, adipocyte dysfunction, fibrosis, and swelling — even when plasma cholesterol was normal.
Clearing tissue cholesterol with cyclodextrin restored lymphatic architecture and reduced oedema.
Clear the cholesterol. Restore the flow

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