If it works, yes!: Just elevating your legs periodically during the day can help. Support stockings can also be helpful. It is important to move your legs, get up and take walks, etc, and avoid sitting in one place or standing still for long periods. And try not to wear any clothing that constricts your abdomen. Finally, regular exercise and weight loss if you are overweight are helpful.
Answered 7/14/2013
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If its new patent it: Compression has been the best treatment for thousands of years and is recorded in egyptian writings (the smith papyrus) and by hypocrotes (on his own leg wounds!). The alternative is to hang by your toes (elevate your legs).
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Vein hypertension: Venous stasis is a condition of skin changes which is due to an abnormality in venous return caused by valve problems that allow blood from deep high-pressure veins to enter the low-pressure veins just under the skin. These veins become enlarged, letting fluid go through their walls creating swelling, letting blood go through their walls creating discoloration and finally having so much back pressure that nutritious arterial blood cannot enter an area of the skin. This results in ulcers. It is treated by removing the areas of abnormal flow using laser ablation.
Answered 8/13/2014
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