Abstract: Objective To observe and compare the nursing effects of four skin care creams for the treatment of lymphedema in lower limb.Methods Sixty patients with secondary lower limb lymphedema were divided into four groups,① The VITAS soothing cream gel group (group 1,n=15),② The LR Cellona cream group (group 2,n=15),③ The lincomycin cream group (group 3,n=15);④ The lanolin cream group (group 4,n=15).Before manual lymph drainage,all indicators were observed and recorded.Patients in each group were treated with the appropriate cream.The standards of drainage and bandage operation were unified.All patients were given one course of CDT,observation indexes were recorded.The observation indexes before and after treatment were statistically analyzed.Results The average response strength of the cream was 1.93,1.47,3.27,and 2 respectively.The comfort level was 67.42％,71.65％,65.06％ and 72.16％ respectively.The average improvement rate of keratosis was 55.6％,33.3％,64.3％ and 52.6％ respectively.The average improvement rate of drying was 0％,100％,100％,100％;The average improvement rate of desquamation was 100％,62.5％,100％,87.5％.Conclusion Four kinds of skin care cream have different advantages.LR Cellona cream has the smallest skin reaction;Lanolin cream has the beat comfort;VITAS soothing cream gel has the fastest anti-itch effect;Lincomycin cream has the beat anti-keratosis effect;Lincomycin cream,lanolin cream,LR Cellona cream have the best anti-drying effect;VITAS soothing cream gel and lincomycin cream have the best anti-desquamation effect.

Key words: Lower limb lymphedema, Comprehensive decongestive therapy, Skin care cream