The LAQ is your trusted source of information on lymphedema, lipedema, and lipo-lymphedema.
Have questions? Want to verify something you’ve heard?
Turn with confidence to the LAQ and its team of professionals for clear, evidence-based answers.
Lymphedema is a chronic and incurable swelling that can affect children, adults, and seniors—in the arms, legs, torso, head, mouth, and even the genitals. With the right tools and care, it is possible to keep lymphedema under control.
Lipedema, on the other hand, is a still poorly understood chronic condition that affects almost exclusively women. When left untreated for a long time, it can progress into lipo-lymphedema, a combination of both conditions that requires specialized care.
Be part of the solution: support LAQ.
The Lymphedema Association of Québec (LAQ) is the only organization in Québec dedicated to supporting and educating people living with lymphedema, lipedema, or lipo-lymphedema. On a broader scale, we raise awareness among healthcare professionals and the general public. We also promote scientific research aimed at finding more effective and sustainable solutions.
By joining the Lymphedema Association of Québec, you gain the support of individuals committed to better managing chronic edema conditions such as lymphedema, lipo-lymphedema, and lipedema. You are not alone! Our community is here to support you and give you all the information you need.
Provides help and resources to people diagnosed when they feel overwhelmed by their condition.
Informs and empowers healthcare professionals about lymphedema and lipedema and how to treat it.
Demonstrates to the public that the lymphedema cause is important and that the people affected need help.
Enables lymphedema/chronic edema sufferers to become part of a community with which they can identify.
Your generosity enables the LAQ to support those affected by the disease.
The LAQ is grateful to the RAMQ for administering the Compression Garment Program.
The LAQ is your trusted source of information on lymphedema, lipedema, and lipo-lymphedema.
Have questions? Want to verify something you’ve heard?
Turn with confidence to the LAQ and its team of professionals for clear, evidence-based answers.
Lymphedema, lipedema, and lipo-lymphedema are still widely misunderstood, and the number of people affected continues to grow.
Support the LAQ – an organization that’s changing lives!
The Lymphedema Association of Québec (LAQ) provides support, education, and awareness to individuals living with lymphedema, lipedema, or lipo-lymphedema, as well as to their families, loved ones, and healthcare professionals.
We inform and educate about these chronic conditions – their causes, risks of progression (including how lipedema can develop into lipo-lymphedema), and the available conservative and postoperative treatment options, such as decongestive therapy and compression.
We also actively support scientific research aimed at improving care and advancing knowledge toward a cure.
Lymphedema Association of Québec
Therapeutic Support Program
1 866 979-2463
514 979-2463
Mailing address
648 Lajeunesse Street,
Laval, Quebec, H7X 3K5CP
Telephone
1 866 979-2463 / 514 979-2463
Email
aql@infolympho.ca
Website
www.infolympho.ca
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