For patients with chronic leg edema and recurrent cellulitis, risk for future cellulitis is reduced by 77% by wearing compression stockings or wraps, researchers report. The effect was so striking ...

Compression therapy seems to prevent recurrent leg cellulitis better than conservative management, according to a trial in the New England Journal of Medicine. Roughly 80 patients with chronic oedema ...

Compression stockings, also known as compression socks, are specially made socks that fit tighter than normal so they gently squeeze your legs. Wearing them helps improve your blood flow and reduces ...