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Fatty Lumps On Dorsal Arm, Upper Legs, Getting Bigger And Painful, Feeling Tired. Reason And Remedy?
please i will be glad to have your advice. Me and my son both have fatty lums on our dorsal arms and on our upper legs. These lumps are getting bigger and are painful if we press them.we are told they are lipoma's and there is no treatement. I feel very tired and my body aches. Please what are these lumps and what can we do?
Sat, 26 Oct 2013
Hi,
Since both are suffering from the same type and your doctor has diagnosed as lipoma, this may be the diagnosis. You can take NSAID like Ibuprofen for pain and since it is getting bigger you can get done biopsy to diagnose if any other cause. This wont progress to any cancer, so if for cosmetic purpose you can get them excised.
Hope this helps you.
Regards
Since both are suffering from the same type and your doctor has diagnosed as lipoma, this may be the diagnosis. You can take NSAID like Ibuprofen for pain and since it is getting bigger you can get done biopsy to diagnose if any other cause. This wont progress to any cancer, so if for cosmetic purpose you can get them excised.
Hope this helps you.
Regards
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Hi and thank you so much for this query.
I am so sorry to hear about the lipomas that have been disturbing you and your son.
Lipomas can be treated. Surgical removal takes care of symptoms. However, because they are many and more than one person has it in the family you need to get evaluated for possible conditions like adiposis dolorosa, Madelung disease, Cowden syndrome and Gardner's syndrome, have an increased risk of multiple lipomas.Talk to your doctor and get these addressed. If he/she still maintains that there is no treatment please get a second opinion from another doctor in the area. You may see some more summary on this at http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/lipoma/DS00634/METHOD=print
I hope this helps and I wish you well.
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Dr. Ditah, MD
I am so sorry to hear about the lipomas that have been disturbing you and your son.
Lipomas can be treated. Surgical removal takes care of symptoms. However, because they are many and more than one person has it in the family you need to get evaluated for possible conditions like adiposis dolorosa, Madelung disease, Cowden syndrome and Gardner's syndrome, have an increased risk of multiple lipomas.Talk to your doctor and get these addressed. If he/she still maintains that there is no treatment please get a second opinion from another doctor in the area. You may see some more summary on this at http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/lipoma/DS00634/METHOD=print
I hope this helps and I wish you well.
Thanks for using our services and feel free to ask more questions if need be.
Dr. Ditah, MD
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