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Post-thrombotic syndrome

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Post-thrombotic syndrome

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Post-thrombotic syndrome refers to the long-term effects that can occur after venous thrombosis. cite journal |author=Kahn SR, Ginsberg JS |title=The post-thrombotic syndrome: current knowledge, controversies, and directions for future research |journal=Blood Rev. |volume=16 |issue=3 |pages=155–65 |year=2002 |month=September |pmid=12163001 |doi= |url=http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0268960X02000085]

It is also referred to as post-phlebitic syndrome.

Presentation

It is characterized by chronic pain, swelling, heaviness and other signs in the affected limb and in severe cases, venous ulcers may develop. It is the most common complication of deep venous thrombosis. Other complications may include purpura, eczematoid reaction, dermatitis, pruritis and ulceration.

Prevention

The use of compression stockings has been proposed to prevent the condition.cite journal |author=Kahn SR, Shbaklo H, Shapiro S, "et al" |title=Effectiveness of compression stockings to prevent the post-thrombotic syndrome (the SOX Trial and Bio-SOX biomarker substudy): a randomized controlled trial |journal=BMC Cardiovasc Disord |volume=7 |issue= |pages=21 |year=2007 |pmid=17711595 |pmc=1940263 |doi=10.1186/1471-2261-7-21 |url=http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2261/7/21]

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