In the news today was another case of a doctor missing a DVT with tragic consequences.
Veins specialists at The Whiteley Clinic have spent years explaining that no matter what doctors or nurses say, when I comes to vein problems in the legs, if they don't have a duplex ultrasound result in front of them, they are at best making an "informed guess".
Duplex ultrasound is non-invasive and so does not hurt at all and uses no damaging radiation - it is only a specialised ultrasound with no risk at all to the patient.
Whether the problems be:
If patients with these problems are not offered a duplex ultrasound scan by their doctor or nurse, they should insist on being referred to have one.
Article on BBC: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-24438169
- DVT: http://www.deep-vein-thrombosis.co.uk/
- Phlebitis: http://www.phlebitis.co.uk/
- Varicose veins: http://www.varicose-veins.co.uk/
- Leg ulcers: http://www.legulcers.co.uk/
- Venous Eczema: http://www.venouseczema.co.uk/
Veins specialists at The Whiteley Clinic have spent years explaining that no matter what doctors or nurses say, when I comes to vein problems in the legs, if they don't have a duplex ultrasound result in front of them, they are at best making an "informed guess".
Duplex ultrasound is non-invasive and so does not hurt at all and uses no damaging radiation - it is only a specialised ultrasound with no risk at all to the patient.
Whether the problems be:
- Deep vein thrombosis
- Phlebitis
- Varicose veins
- Leg ulcers
- Venous eczema
If patients with these problems are not offered a duplex ultrasound scan by their doctor or nurse, they should insist on being referred to have one.
Article on BBC: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-24438169
- DVT: http://www.deep-vein-thrombosis.co.uk/
- Phlebitis: http://www.phlebitis.co.uk/
- Varicose veins: http://www.varicose-veins.co.uk/
- Leg ulcers: http://www.legulcers.co.uk/
- Venous Eczema: http://www.venouseczema.co.uk/
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