Tissue fluid pressures generated by a pneumatic device were found lower than in the compression chambers. The obtained results point to the necessity of applying high pressures and longer compression times to generate effective tissue fluid pressures and to provide enough time for moving the stagnant fluid.

In lymphedema caused by obliteration of collecting trunks, lymph is present only in the subepidermal lymphatics, whereas the bulk of stagnant tissue fluid accumulates in the subcutaneous tissue and above and beneath muscular fascia. These findings should be useful for designing pneumatic devices for limb massage as well as for rational manual lymphatic drainage in terms of sites of massage and level of applied external pressures.

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Chlamydia is a common sexually transmitted infection, having deleterious effect on fertility in both men and women. The aim of this study is to assess the couple for chlamydia infection. Sixty infertile couples, without any assessment or treatment for infertility earlier were taken up for study. Endo cervical swab of the wife and a sperm swab from the semen sample given for analysis by the husband were analysed by NAAT PCR technique. 22 couples are chlamydia positive; in 21 the wife, in 13 the husband were positive; One man was positive for chlamydia, his wife being negative; Eight women were positive, but their husbands were negative for chlamydia. Sperm swab from the semen collected for semen analysis is an easy, practical way of testing the man for chlamydia. When more than one third of the couples are positive for chlamydia, it is logical that, screening for chlamydia be included in the infertility assessment protocol. Keywords: Chlamydia; Infertility; NAAT; Semen swab