PERIPHERAL VENOUS DISORDERS: Chronic Venous Insufficiency

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leg vein valves wearing out and becoming floppy.

cause of CHRONIC VENOUS INSUFFICIENCY

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venous stasis

pooling of blood in veins, results in increased hydrostatic pressure inside affected veins, causing edema in affected area (swelling caused by trapped fluid)

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venous stasis ulcers

area affected by venous stasis becomes so engorged with edema that skin cells lose function and tissue breaks down prominent in BONY AREAS: HEELS, ANKLES, COCCYX,

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age, inherited predispposition, obesity, job-related issue (staning), areas of pore musculature/tone due to inactivity/immobility

contributing factors of Chronic Venous Insufficiency