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Suffering From Insufficiency Cardiac. Taking Coumadin. Can I Apply Venaforce Gel To Help Circulation?
Hello, My mom suffers of insufficency cardiac which leads her to have swollen legs, but she now wears compression socks prescribed from the doctor, but lately she had skin ulcers like two on one leg only, and i had home this sample which is called venaforce gel which is good for the circulation, but she takes coumadin, can i put it on her legs? which apparently helps the circulation. thank you
Thu, 17 Oct 2013
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If your mother have congestive heart failure then the swelling of leg wont go with compression bandage, such compression only works when there is obstruction in returns of the blood through veins, but if it is congestive hear failure disease then the mechanism of swelling is far different, and for that she needs complete cardiac evaluation, and with right treatment this thing will go away, discus it with cardiologist , take care of her bye
Thank for asking to HCM
If your mother have congestive heart failure then the swelling of leg wont go with compression bandage, such compression only works when there is obstruction in returns of the blood through veins, but if it is congestive hear failure disease then the mechanism of swelling is far different, and for that she needs complete cardiac evaluation, and with right treatment this thing will go away, discus it with cardiologist , take care of her bye
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