Feeling Puffy, Swollen, or Sluggish? It Might Be Your Lymphatic System
Carrie Jones Carrie Jones

Feeling Puffy, Swollen, or Sluggish? It Might Be Your Lymphatic System

Have you been feeling stuck in your health lately? Like... literally stuck—sludgy, swollen, puffy, slow, or just kind of blah? Sure, you could blame your hormones (we often do), but you might want to zoom out and look at your lymphatic system—that under appreciated, unsexy, yet wildly essential part of your health that rarely gets the spotlight. Spoiler alert: it's not just the swollen lymph nodes in your neck when you're sick. The lymphatic system is a whole-body network, and when it’s not working optimally, you feel it everywhere. Wait, What Even Is the Lymphatic System? Think of it like your body's inner drainage and cleanup crew. You’ve got 450 to 800 lymph nodes (yes, really)…

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