chronic venous insufficiency?

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Anne Chiotis     Consultant Medical Herbalist           www.lifeherbs.co.uk

 

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I have a female patient, aged 80 with what I suspect may be CVI - although her

GP has put her through a host of tests which were all inconclusive.

She is usually energetic and very busy indeed and came in June with bilateral

pitting oedema in the ankles, and oedema in her abdomen, both less pronounced on

awakening, but quickly worsening. She does get pain after walking, is feeling

lethargic and has no appetite. The skin on her ankles is slightly grey/ purple

in appearance, sometimes with a red band above this area, and she has multiple

broken capillaries. She hasn't experienced any tachycardia (although 7 years ago

had supraventricular tachycardia, which was successfully treated with ablation

and has not recurred), or shortness of breath on exertion. Her blood pressure

fluctuates 160/90 to 137/84.