swollen hand and arm due to bug bite

['lizbeth]

Sarah,

My lymphedema specialist & physical therapist had me do some exercises and feathering.

Try this exercise:

Start with you right arm down by your side and flex and extend your wrist as far as it will go, bring your arm up a few inches and repeat flexing and extending wrist, repeat the wrist flexing and extending until your arm is as high as it goes.

Don't do the exercise more than 2-3 times at a time, and you can do this each morning and evening.

Feathering: starting at the right shoulder draw your fingers lightly over the skin to the opposite axilla, repeat 2-3 times. Next draw your fingers down along side the "breast" to the waist. Repeat 2-3 times. Draw your fingers up your arm from the wrist to the axilla. Repeat 2-3 times.

If you have any signs of infection in the lymphatics in the arm - red lines going up from the bug bite don't do the exercise or feathering and see the doctor immediately.

I hope this will work as well for you - it did the trick for me when I had fluid backing up in the lymph vessels.