Sort of: Venous stasis is a condition of skin changes which is due to an abnormality in Venous return. It is generally cost by Val problems that allow blood from high-pressure veins to enter the low-pressure veins that my under the skin. These veins respond to this increased pressure by becoming large, letting fluid go through their loss creating swelling, letting blood go through their loss creating discoloration and finally having so much back pressure that nutritious arterial blood cannot enter an area of the skin. This results in ulcers.
Answered 6/27/2014
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Venous stasis: The issue is one of vein hypertension, due to the impeded flow of blood returning to the heart, especially in the legs. This is due to incompetent valves in the veins. With increased blood pooling in the legs comes 'heavier' legs, swelling, pain from swelling, pitting in the skin, leakage of fluid and blood into the tissues, leakage of the fluid onto the skin causing maceration and destruction...
Answered 8/11/2014
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