Venous Skin Ulcers (Active, Healed)
Veins are responsible for carrying deoxygenated blood back to the heart from various body tissues.
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Varicose Veins
Varicose veins are gnarled, enlarged veins. Any vein may become varicose, but the veins most commonly affected are those in your legs and feet.
Tendonitis
A tendon is tissue which attaches muscle to bone. Tendons are tough, flexible, fibrous bands of tissue that connect muscles to bones. When tendons become inflamed, irritated or suffer microscopic tears, the condition is called tendonitis. Tendons can be small, like the delicate, tiny bands in the hands, or large, like the heavy, ropelike cords […]
Phlebitis
A vein is a blood vessel that takes blood towards the heart. If a vein becomes inflamed, a blood clot commonly forms inside the inflamed portion. So, the term thrombophlebitis is used to mean an inflamed vein, with or without a small blood clot inside the vein. Thrombophlebitis is commonly just called phlebitis. This is […]
Peripheral Neuropathy
Your peripheral nervous system connects the nerves from the brain and spinal cord (central nervous system) to the rest of the body, including the arms, hands, feet, legs, internal organs, mouth and face. The job of these nerves is to deliver signals about physical sensations back to your brain. Peripheral neuropathy is a disorder that […]
Osteoarthritis
Osteoarthritis occur when the cartilage wears away, causing bones in the joints to rub against one another, which lead to increased friction, pain, swelling, and stiffness for the patient. Twenty years ago, it was largely believed that this disease only affected the geriatric population; however, an increasing number of patients in the thirty to fifty […]
Leg Pain
Pain in any part of the body is a natural indication that something wrong is happening with your body. Same is the case with the leg pain. You must not ignore this for any reason. It could be dull ache to excruciating depending upon the disturbances in the natural mechanisms. According to one of […]
Hand and Wrist Pain
Human hand is made up of 27 bones and 15 joints, which together enable movement of hands, fingers and wrist. People may come across hand pain and aches that can be temporary or long lasting. Everyone has had a minor problem with a finger, hand, or wrist. Most of the time our body movements do […]
Deep Venous Thrombosis
There are both superficial and deep veins in the limbs or extremities (arms and legs). A blood clot in the deep veins is a concern because it can cause life-threatening complications. A deep vein thrombus is a blood clot or thrombus that develops in deep vein usually in leg; here they pass through the center […]
Benefits of Compression Socks
Compression socks are a product that provides therapeutic compression to promote circulation in the legs and treat various disease conditions. Compression socks or stockings can be found on the legs of a wide swath of the population, from pilots, flight attendants, runners, and nurses to pregnant women, people recovering from surgery, and people otherwise at […]