Signs and Symptoms
Thrombosis
Pain in one leg (calf or inner thigh), swelling, chest pain, one sided numbness, weakness, sudden mental status change
Thrombosis
Condition that occurs after blood clots become lodged in blood vessels / Can be venous or arterial
If thrombosis isn't treated, what could happen
Could become an embolus in the brain, lungs, and heart
Thrombosis causes
blood vessel damage, slowed blood flow, condition that makes blood more likely to clot (hypercoagulability)
Thrombosis treatment
DVT symptoms
Swelling, pain, warmth, redness
Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT)
Medical condition where blood clot forms in a deep vein inside the body
Where are DVTs most likely to occur?
Lower leg, thigh, or pelvis
DVT causes
Immobility, dehydration, varicose veins, surgery, obesity, pregnancy
DVT treatments
Bed rest with leg elevated, anticoagulants, precautions, surgery, compression stockings
Varicose Veins
Gradual fatigue in legs, followed by dull ache, nighttime leg cramps, swelling of ankles, may feel hard to touch and stabbing pain
Varicose Veins
Swollen, twisted, knotted veins in the lower extremity
Raynaud's Disease
Vasospastic condition of small peripheral blood vessels that narrow the vessels during cold temperatures or stress
Varicose Vein causes
Weak or damaged valves in superficial leg veins fail to push blood back to the heart
Varicose Vein treatments
Rest with feet higher than heart level, exercise, warm water, compression stockings, surgery
Buerger's Disease (Thromboangititis Obliterans)
Intense pain of affected area (usually in legs and instep of foot), initial coldness and numbing, later heat and redness and tingling, aggravated by exercise, atrophy, ulcers, and gangrene
Buerger's Disease (Thromboangititis Obliterans)
Inflammation of peripheral arteries and veins of extremities with clot formation
This disease occurs bilaterally in hands and feet in women, those who smoke, and those aged puberty-40 years old
Raynaud's Disease
Raynaud's Disease causes
Caused by temporary spasm in small blood vessels that restricts blood flow to fingers and toes, causing white, blue, red, or purple skin colorings (cyanosis)
Buerger's Disease treatments
Smoking cessation, progressive ambulation to pre-claudication threshold, surgery, and amputation
Pulmonary Embolism
None to cardiac arrest, dyspnea, chest pain, coughing, anxiety, tachypnea, fever, rales, tachycardia
Pulmonary Embolism
Pulmonary Embolism Lodging of a blood within a pulmonary artery, usually from DVT
This kind of lung/artery pathology is most common in people who have active cancer, recent surgeries, or prolonged immobility
Pulmonary Embolism
Pulmonary Embolism causes
Blood clot or another substance travels through your blood stream and gets stuck in an artery in your lungs
Pulmonary Embolism treatment
Hospitalization, O2, clot elimination (meds or removal), long term anti-coagulation or filter