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VENUS CENTRE VEIN CLINIC - Dr Chris Lekich

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GRADUATED COMPRESSION STOCKINGS

The use of graduated compression stockings has gained wider acceptance in the past few years, especially in view of deep vein thrombosis (DVT) associated with long distance flying. However, the benefits of graduated compression hosiery are available to many more people than just travellers and during pregnancy. Wearing graduated compression stockings can alleviate a range of symptoms associated with venous disorders, and they are also an important aspect of sclerotherapy treatment.

Graduated compression stockings apply external pressure to the leg and are designed to give greatest support at the ankle, gradually decreasing up to the thigh. This compression design assists the blood flow to return 'uphill' to the heart. Wearing the stockings after sclerotherapy treatment encourages the closure of affected veins, achieving the best result possible from treatment. Graduated compression stockings give far better support than bandages, which have been used in the past, and recent improvements in the design of the hosiery means that graduated compression stockings can be worn comfortably every day.

The range of graduated compression hosiery available at the Venus Centre Vein Clinic are from both Jobst and Venosan, a collection of finely knitted, elegant stockings which maintain both compression and comfort after repeated washing. The hosiery is available in tan and is intended to be unobtrusive.

The stockings are designed for various classes of compression, covering a range of conditions and uses.

Class 1 compression hosiery is excellent for tired, heavy, aching legs, varicosities without significant oedema, and for varicose veins during pregnancy.

Class 2 compression is used to relieve more severe discomfort, with pronounced varicose veins with oedema, for healing of ulcers, for superficial thrombophlebitis, after sclerotherapy treatment, and for severe varicose veins during pregnancy.

They can be machine washed (a laundry bag is recommended) in lukewarm water. Do not tumble dry, bleach, dry clean or iron.