What is venous thrombosis?
Venous thromboembolism Is a blood clotting in the deep veins that are present throughout the body and is more frequent in the veins of the legs. Resulting in complete or partial obstruction of the return of blood to the heart, in addition to lead to death if it reached the lungs or caused a severe heart attack.
Several factors lead to blood clots in the veins, namely:
1) Slow in the return of blood to the heart, due to immobility.
2) Blood pool in veins Resulting from:
- a. Non-motion.
- B. Different medical factors.
- C. Failure in valve veins especially during pregnancy.
3) vasculitis.
4) Coagulation problems may occur as a result of some diseases or the elderly.
5) Cultivation of intravenous catheter tubes.
The following conditions are susceptible to deep vein thrombosis, namely:
1) Heart patients.
2) pregnant women.
3) obesity or overweight.
4) Anemia patients.
5) Liver patients.
6) patients with chronic venous failure.
7) Cancer patients.
8) Blood poisoning.
9) Patients with gastroenteritis.
10) Sleep and immobility for long periods and frequent sleep.
11) Complications of sport injuries and fractures.
12) Exhaustive motion patients such as shingles.
13) taking some medicines, especially hormonal treatments.
14) the presence of a personal or genetic history of the occurrence of venous thrombosis.
1) The presence of red areas, swollen or painful in the legs with high temperature of the tip. In this case, the patient should not massage or exercise the leg causing the pain.
2) feeling numbness or numbness in the affected part of the body.
3) feeling pain in the injured part of the body.
4) Feeling fever or trembling.
1) Wear compression socks (20-40 mmHg) as these socks prevent blood clotting.
2) Walking daily and doing exercises for the legs and arms to avoid coagulation.
3) Do not sit or lie on one position for long periods.
4) Do not cross the legs while sitting or pressing on the back of the knees.
5) abstain from smoking, especially when the lady who is dealing with family planning pills.
6) Eat at least 8 glasses of fluid a day.
Urinary clotting is diagnosed by clinical examination and the following tests:
1) Laboratory examination to determine the proportion of proteins and if there is a decrease in the proportions of some. If the deficiency is hereditary, the patient will need to take blood thinners for life.
2) The use of Doppler ultrasound resulting from waves showing blood movement in the veins, and thus indicate the location of clotting in the deep veins. The importance of sonar is that it is diagnostic and is used to follow the patient’s condition.
3) Vascular catheterization by intravenous injection of venous material to be examined (Venography).
4) Measure changes in the amount of blood in the veins that result from a change in pressure (Plethysmography).
Intravenous venous thromboembolism is treated with blood thinning medications. These drugs can be given as:
1) Intravenous injection, here the patient may need to stay in hospital during treatment.
2) Infusion of subcutaneous blood into the abdomen or limbs.
3) Eat pills as described by the treating physician, and as a result of this treatment, the patient watches clinically and laboratory to determine the proportion of blood thinning, so that it is two to three times the ratio in the average person.
4) Injection of the patient by intravenous enzymes (Streptokinase and Urokinase).
1) Prevention of pulmonary embolism.
2) Arrest and thrombosis of venous thrombosis.
The duration of treatment usually ranges from three to six months, except for patients who have thrombosis, and in this case it is recommended to take fluids for life.