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What Are Lipomas?

Lipomas are the most common soft tissues tumour, slow-growing, benign fatty tumours form soft lobulated masses enclosed in thin fibrous tissue.

  • They are usually movable and generally painless.
  • Lipomas are found at any age mostly after 20 yrs
  • Sometimes malignant transformation can also occur.

Causes of Lipomas

  • Genetic factors – chromosomal 12 re-arrangements
  • Minor injuries also trigger the growth of a lipoma leading to post-traumatic lipomas.

Lipomas occur in 10 % of the population

Symptoms of Lipomas

  • Lipomas along the respiratory tract – leading to difficulty in breathing.
  • Undiagnosed lipomas in oropharynx – difficulty in intubation.
  • Intestinal lipomas – leads to classic obstruction, intussusception hemorrhages, or volvulization.
  • Lipoma in intra-articular spaces leads to joint dysfunction and joint pains.
  • Lipomas occur frequently in breast due to fat deposition.
  • Lipomas occur along vulva – usually becomes pedunculated and dependent.

Biopsy, plasma- d levels, radiological and pathological procedures can be done.

Complications of Lipomas

  • Subcutaneous lipomas are common cosmetic issues.
  • Lipomas in other locations cause obstruction or hemorrhages and required removal.

Allopathic treatment of Lipomas

  • Biopsies can be done.
  • Endoscopic procedures for excision of tumors in the upper GI tract.
  • Surgical therapy

Homeopathic treatment of Lipomas

Calcarea carb, sulphur, belladonna, thuja Is been administered in cases of lipomas.

Scope of homeopathy treatment in Lipomas

  • It helps in reducing the size and growth of lipomas.
  • It helps in preventing the progression of lipomas.
  • It also helps in preventing furthermore complications like obstruction or hemorrhagic conditions.
  • Helps in softening the consistency of lipomas.
  • It also prevents the tendency for Lipoma formation again .

 

 

 

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