What is a venous ulcer?
A venous ulcer, (also referred to as venous stasis ulcer) – a wound that takes longer than usual to heal. It’s due to vein and blood flow issues and typically occurs on a person’s legs proximity to their ankle.
How do venous ulcers form?
Venous ulcers occur in a scenario when blood (insufficient life sustaining gas – oxygen) can’t flow from a person’s extremities back to their heart. Instead, it pools, creating pressure in a person’s veins. This damages skin tissue and leads to an ulcer.
How much time do venous ulcers take to heal?
Venous ulcers can take several months to heal. In serious cases, the ulcer never heals.
What causes venous ulcers?
A person’s veins comprise tiny valves that keep blood circulating throughout their body. These valves snap open and shut to move blood against the force of gravity back to their heart. In a few people, venous ailments impact valve functioning. Other medical conditions, for instance diabetes, can also put individuals at risk for leg as well as foot ulcers.
What types of venous ailments cause venous stasis ulcers?
- Chronic venous insufficiency is a predominant cause of valve dysfunction.
- It occurs when a person’s valves are damaged or too weak to do their job/task.
Other venous ulcer causes comprises:
- High/Elevated blood pressure (hypertension), which damages blood vessel walls.
- Venous obstruction, a vein blockage/clogging that’s sometimes due to blood clots.
- Venous reflux, when blood flows backward through weak or damaged valves.
Treatment:
The therapies that are best for person – relies on the site/location and severity of the ulcer. Care typically comprises: frequent follow-up appointments to ensure treatments are working.
Venous ulcer treatments typically comprise:
- Antibiotics if there’s an infection.
- Compression bandages or stockings to enhance circulation.
- Ointments that shield against germs.
- Pain relievers along with other therapies to quiet overactive nerves.
- Procedures (debridement) to remove debris as well as dead tissue.
- Person should refer to specialists if they require help managing chronic conditions, for instance – diabetes.
- Special bandages and dressings to keep the ulcer covered.
- Wound cleaning daily to flush out germs/bacteria and scrap out dead tissue.
D-FIBROHEAL Ag PU Foam (Non-Adhesive) which is – Silk protein & silver based soft, conformable, super absorbent PU foam dressing which can be used for management of vascular wounds.; especially during the inflammatory phase following debridement and de-sloughing, when exudates are more, and wound drainage is at its peak. This non-adhesive foam dressing efficiently traps the excess wound exudates, keeps the wound area/portion clean by permitting evaporation through pores and thus decreasing the risk of maceration.