Venous eczema - Mark Whiteley on Askimpo TV

Mark Whiteley interviewed on Askimo TV about Venous Eczema:

1 year of venous eczema being misdiagnosed as cellulitis

Venous Eczema of left ankle -
heading for venous leg ulcer.
Incorrectly treated as cellulitis
for a year

Venous Eczema of same left
ankle -
Incorrectly treated as cellulitis
for a year

This patient came to The Whiteley Clinic for a second opinion recently, unhappy that his "cellulitis" wasn't improving.

The man had had varicose veins for years, clearly seen in the photographs.

Last year, when his ankles started to swell and he started getting red patches around his ankles, especially on the left, he went to his family doctor who told him that he had "cellulitis" - and infection of the skin.

He was was treated over last summer and autumn with antibiotics - 8 weeks in total - and not surprisingly had no effect from these.

He was referred to a consultant dermatologist who gave him steroid cream - which once again made no difference (as we would expect).

Eventually the patient themselves heard about The Whiteley Clinic and referred himself.

Duplex ultrasound scanning at The Whiteley Clinic showed that he has venous reflux (varicose veins) causing swelling of the ankles (oedema) and skin damage. The veins will be easy to treat by The Whiteley Protocol under local anaesthetic.

When the ankles swell due to varicose veins or hidden varicose veins, or there is skin damage from this cause, then there is a high risk of the patient going on to develop venous leg ulcers.

Treatment with antibiotics or steroid creams do not change this. All such patients should be sent to a specialist vein clinic and have venous duplex ultrasound scan performed by a specialist.

Treatment of the underlying varicose veins (or hidden varicose veins) is performed under a local anaesthetic through tiny pin-holes and not only cures the venous eczema - but also stops any further deterioration, preventing leg ulcers.

For more information see: www.venouseczema.co.uk 



Bad medical advice on Embarrassing Bodies

Screen shot of Embarrassing bodies, screened 9pm 26th March 2012.
Venous Eczema "treated" with steroid cream - but patient told it is due ot venous circulation and not offered a cure!!
See www.venouseczema.co.uk 

On Embarrassing Bodies - screened last night at 9pm - a patient was seen by one of the GP's with venous eczema of his leg.

He was correctly told that he had venous eczema and that this was due to "poor circulation" of his venous system - a simplified explanation of Venous Reflux or "hidden varicose veins".

However, despite the correct diagnosis and also the correct understanding of the cause being the underlying veins, the GP then suggested a treatment to help the skin (steroid cream) ..... but did absolutely nothing to correct the underlying "poor venous circulation" (the Venous Reflux or "hidden varicose veins").

As such, this patient will get a temporary improvement of the eczema, which will all come back again, and nothing to help the Venous Reflux as his leg deteriorates towards a venous leg ulcer.

The correct treatment would have been to refer the patient for a specialised venous duplex ultrasound scan, to find out which veins are causing the problem, and then to treat them under local anaesthetic by the most appropriate technique using The Whiteley Protocol.    

This would have resulted in the venous eczema disappearing, the brown stains starting to fade, and the pateint's leg would be less swollen and would continue to deteriorate.

As it has been left, this poor man my have a temporary relief from his eczema, but his leg will continue to deteriorate, get more brown and swollen ans eventually ulcerate.

For more information see: www.venouseczema.co.uk

To understand Venous Reflux and how it causes venous eczema and leg ulcers see "Understanding Venous Reflux"

Venous eczema and varicose veins treated by The Whiteley Protocol

A new Whiteley Clinic video is launched on You Tube. The patient is a man who had venous eczema and discolouration of the ankle due to varicose veins.

Before coming to The Whiteley Clinic he had been advised only to have support stockings.

He was cured by walk-in walk-out local anaesthetic surgery using The Whiteley Protocol.

New website on Venous Eczema

We are delighted to launch the new Venous Eczema website:

Venous Eczema is one of a host of under diagnosed conditions related to varicose veins and venous reflux (hidden varicose veins).

Many people have red or brown stains on their legs due to venous eczema. Unfortunately as the underlying venous reflux is often hidden away (hidden varicose veins) GP's and nurses often just give steroid creams or other creams to try to make it feel better.

Although this stops any itching for a while, it doesn't take away the underlying cause - that of the venous reflux (or hidden varicose veins) - meaning it continues to worsen and head towards leg ulceration.

This website explains the problem - gives example pictures - and shows the right treatment that can cure the problem:

venous duplex ultrasound and the correct surgery as recommended by The Whiteley ProtocolTM.

http://www.venouseczema.co.uk/