Venous insufficiency

Question 1

Causes

Answer 1

• calf muscle inefficiency
• deep vein/ superficial vein reflux
• venous obstruction

Question 2

symptoms

Answer 2

• ulcers
• lymphadenopathy
• hyperpigmentation
• eczema- itchiness

Question 3

Venous ulcers:

• what are they
• what do they look like

Answer 3

Breach in the skin between the knee and the ankle which is open for more than 4 weeks

• granulomatous
• exudate
• shallow
• unclear borders
• painless with pulses

Question 4

Venous ulcers;

-how to treat

Answer 4

-elevation
-would treatment
-shocktherapy
-compression socks
EXCLUDE ARTERIAL DISEASE

Question 5

lymphadenopathy:
- causes
- treatment

Answer 5

causes
primary: 
-congenital 
-praecox- puberty
-tarda>35
secondary:
-malignancy
-trauma 
-surgery 
treatment: 
-elevation 
-drainage

Question 6

what different types of venous lymphedema are there?

Answer 6

• hyperplasia

- obliteration