Question 6215 — maternity health insurance

Summary

Mr. Laurent Mazaury draws the attention of the Minister of Labor, Health, Solidarity and Families to lipedema disease, recognized by the WHO since 2018, and which affects 10% of women in France, but which is however not recognized by social security. However, the health insurance website clearly defines the symptoms associated with lipedema: feeling of heaviness in the legs, painful and hypersensitive legs. especially to the touch, appearance of bruises or hematomas following minor shocks, general fatigue and psychological suffering. Lipedema can be relieved, but not cured, by sporting activity and a balanced anti-inflammatory diet. However, this chronic, progressive and painful disease, which consists of a significant and abnormal accumulation of fat, localized in particular in the lower limbs of the body, has different stages, 3 and 4 of which are particularly debilitating for women who suffer from it. This disease is often confused with obesity or cellulite even though it requires appropriate care. Women who suffer from it are therefore faced with medical wandering, leading to a high cost for them but also for social security. For stages 3 and 4, specific lipoedema liposuctions are necessary, but are very expensive and are not reimbursed. According to the president of the AMFL (Lipoedema Disease Association France), some women end up prostituting themselves to be able to afford this operation, because otherwise, for them, it means living with chronic pain and losing their mobility. In this context, he asks what measures the Government intends to take to deal with medical wandering concerning this disease, and to guarantee that all the necessary care is provided, from the early stages, so that women who suffer from it no longer suffer.

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