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If I wear support stocking below the knee, will they also help my varicose veins that are above the knee?
In Reply to: support hose for varicose veins? posted by jen on October 22, 2003 at 19:05:33:
No.
In Reply to: Re: support hose for varicose veins? posted by Walt Stoll on October 23, 2003 at 08:24:55:
what to do for the ones above the knee? i guess the hose do help the ones below the knee don't they ?
In Reply to: support hose for varicose veins? posted by jen on October 22, 2003 at 19:05:33:
Is there anything that I can do for the ones about the knee?
In Reply to: support hose for varicose veins? posted by jen on October 22, 2003 at 19:05:33:
I thought if you wear support hose below the knee it would still help the veins about the knee because it's helping push the blood back up to the heart? Or do the veins need to have presure put onto them to stop them from getting worse (coming out)?
In Reply to: Re: support hose for varicose veins? posted by Walt Stoll on October 23, 2003 at 08:24:55:
Oops correction, sorry:
I thought if you wear support hose below the knee it would still help the veins ABOVE the knee because it's helping push the blood back up to the heart? Or do the veins need to have presure put onto them to stop them from getting worse (coming out)?
In Reply to: Re: support hose for varicose veins? posted by reader on October 23, 2003 at 09:28:01:
Hi, Reader.
This was just archived last month.
Support hose do not prevent varicosities, they just flatten the distended veins so that blood clots tend to form less readily.
Walt
In Reply to: Re: support hose for varicose veins? posted by jen on October 23, 2003 at 13:37:20:
Hi, Jen.
Surgery.
Walt
In Reply to: Re: support hose for varicose veins? posted by looking for information on October 23, 2003 at 15:24:14:
Looking,
All support hose do is collapse the superficial veins so the blood has to go to the deep veins. Since the veins are collapsed, the support can help prevent them from getting worse but will not reverse them.
Walt
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