ARTERIAL VS. VENOUS ULCERS | NCLEX REVIEW

[@tibinzachariah6283]

Can you make a guide on studying for NCLEX

[@thatnursingprof2661]

Sure

[@angelamalaga4947]

I love your videos!

[@Beavertownfolks]

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[@dirkimy]

What is the cure then?

[@1961-v9k]

The cure or at least huge improvement for venous ulcers is Endovenous Laser Ablation Therapy, and if Perforators damage is involved then Transluminal occlusion of Perforators should be done with the EVLAT, followed after 8 weeks by Ultrasound Foam Guided Sclerotherapy. The NHS will not offer this to venous patients unless their legs are falling off and even then they do not have the Phlebologists to perform on Perforators veins. This is the UK I’m referring to. I have been through all of this.

[@dirkimy]

@@1961-v9k My father having the same problem mate. How was it?

[@1961-v9k]

@@dirkimy I was a very fit runner when I suffered a long misdiagnosed blood clot on my left leg aged only 36. Once it was realised what I had it was easy to treat, but what nobody warned me about was the vein damage, which was not apparent until 15 years later when I started to suffer leg ulcers. I lost 7 years of my life to endless Clinic visits, but all they did was manage the symptoms. It took me years to realise that there was laser therapy in the NHS NICE guidelines as not one doctor or nurse offered to send me to a vascular service and led me to believe that was all they could do for me. By then I had found a professor of Phlebology in London. I did give the NHS their chance after I challenged them and had to fight for any sort of treatment, but because I had 4 Perforators that were damaged (not everyone suffering ulcers has Perforator damage) they could not do it because they have no Phlebologists who work on Perforator veins as they are too small. I eventually travelled to London 4 times in 2018 and had an Endovenous Duplex vein mapping scan followed a few weeks later by Endovenous Laser Ablation Therapy together with Transluminal occlusion of Perforators, and after 8 weeks I had ultrasound foam guided sclerotherapy. Best money I ever spent and I haven’t looked back since.