Phlebitis deep attention to long-term complications

The risk of long-term complications as a result of deep phlebitis affects more people than we thought, found researchers from McGill University. And conventional treatment with anticoagulants can not prevent these complications called post-thrombotic syndrome. 43% of 387 participants who had made a deep phlebitis have undergone a post-thrombotic syndrome during the two years of the study. In the third of these patients, there were moderate or severe symptoms. The researchers were very surprised that almost half of patients experienced complications which have arisen by the pain and persistent swelling in the legs and in severe cases, by the formation of painful ulcers. "The symptoms are identical to those of deep phlebitis, but slower and less constant," says Dr. Susan Kahn, director of the Clinic on thrombosis of McGill University. "People who need deep phlebitis of a long-term monitoring in order not to develop post-thrombotic syndrome," said Dr. Kahn. It also recommends that those individuals having the lower compression to prevent medical complications in the long term. Phlebitis deep is the third cardiovascular disease most common in Canada, after the heart attack and stroke. It is caused by the formation of a blood clot in a vein that partially or completely blocks blood flow.