Question 1

what causes mesenteric arterial thrombosis?

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Atheroslerosis: Serious often lethal condition  if early diagnosis and intervention is not done, most common cause is atherosclerosis, slow flow state  will also causes it, as ICU patients in shock due to various conditions.

Question 2

does the same ultrasound test find both dvt and arterial thrombosis?

Accepted Answer

It can, however: the objective has to be specified prior to test being performed, otherwise the ultrasound tech would not know to attempt to look for both.  Arterial thrombosis is often seen more accurately with angiograms, however, such as with a CT angiogram or MR angiogram, particularly with smaller vessels such as in the brain or organs.  Ultrasound is better with venous clots.

Question 3

what's the difference between arterial and venous thrombosis?

Accepted Answer

Location: The main difference is location, one is on the venous side, the other on the arterial side.  Causes of thrombosis are usually different on the venous side than on the arterial side but there are some disease states that can produce thrombosis on either side. A common cause on the arterial side is atherosclerosis, a common cause on the venous side is stasis producing a deep venous thrombosis(dvt).

Question 4

what are the differences between arterial and venous thrombosis?

Accepted Answer

Location and flow : Arteries carry blood, oxygen, and nutrients from the heart to the rest of the body. If an artery thromboses (usually from atherosclerosis) the tissue supplied can die for lack of oxygen.
Veins drain blood from the body back to the heart. If a vein thromboses, the greatest risk is of a clot breaking off and traveling to the heart and lungs, where it can block blood flow through the lungs.

Question 5

what are the practical differences between arterial and venous thrombosis?

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Very different : Venous thrombosis is often painful and can cause swelling in the legs, but is rarely life or limb threatening unless associated with pulmonary embolism. Arterial thrombosis however is almost always a vascular emergency. Without adequate artery circulation, the end organ ( leg, arm, kidney, brain, heart) begins to suffer and tissue begins to die.  If treated quickly, recovery is possible.

Question 6

could patients reverse deep venous thrombosis?

Accepted Answer

With treatment: If they go on anticoagulant medication, they can.

Question 7

what is venous thrombosis?

Accepted Answer

Clot in the vein.: Venous thrombosis is a blood clot in the vein, which is a vessel that carries blood from an organ back to your heart. Typically we talk about venous thrombosis in terms of deep venous thromboses, or dvts, which are clots in the "deep veins." these can be particularly dangerous because of their potential to break off and travel to the lungs, what we call a "pulmonary embolism, " which can be fatal.

Question 8

what exactly is venous thrombosis?

Accepted Answer

Blood clot in vein: Venous thrombosis can be in veins close to the skin, hence superficial thrombosis or thrombophlebitis, appearing as a painful cord, red, with heat.  It can occur in the deep veins, hence deep venous thrombophlebitis (dvt), and there is often pain, swelling in the calf/thigh muscle.  It can occur in the veins of the brain, hence cerebral venous thrombosis.

Question 9

what is meant by venous thrombosis?

Accepted Answer

Venous thrombosis: This means a blood clot in a vein,  most typically in a leg vein
symptoms would  be local pain, possibly redness or warmth,  swellling.

Question 10

what is mean by deep venous thrombosis?

Accepted Answer

Deep vein blood clot: A blood clot occurring in a deep vein is a deep venous thrombosis. Several risk factors and causes like immobility, injury, birth control pills or malignancy can be involved.Clots can grow and travel causing leg swelling or death if in the lung.

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