Bruising after vein surgery

What you need:

• Cool packs
• Ice cubes
• tap water
• tightly sealable plastic bag
• pillow

Prevent bruising during venous surgery

• According to your venousOP bruising cannot always be prevented. Usually they are only developed over a large area, do not cause any swelling and subside on their own.

• You can do a lot to prevent excessive bruising from the outset by giving your surgeon all of them as part of the preoperative preparations Medication indicate that you take regularly or at least more often.

• The formation of bruises after your vein surgery can be aggravated by the use of coagulant medication. This includes not only prescription blood-thinning preparations, but also over-the-counter medications that you should also mention.
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• Keep in mind that plant-based drugs can also affect your clotting. For example, you have to stop taking ginkgo preparations at least two weeks before the planned vein operation.

• If you have to take pain relievers occasionally, you should do so in good time before a planned vein operation Study the instruction leaflet, because quite a few painkillers - including over-the-counter - affect the Coagulation. Therefore, ask your doctor for advice on which anticoagulant pain relievers you can take instead.


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• Before the operation, you should inform your doctor whether it is the occasion of other interventions has ever developed severe bruising or even bleeding, or whether you are fast blueness stains receive. That could possibly be an indication that something is wrong with your blood clotting.

Prevent bruising after varicose vein surgery with compression

• Since bruises are not uncommon after a vein operation, you will either be given one as a preventive measure immediately after the operation Put on a compression bandage or a compression stocking to prevent excessive bruising can.

• The compression bandage or -sock must be worn consistently and should not simply take them off without consulting a doctor, especially in the first 2-3 days. Therefore, you should also think carefully about the time of the operation and plan vein operations in a cooler time of the year.

• In the first few days after a vein operation, you must ensure that you exercise enough. Keep walking around and avoid standing or sitting for long periods of time, which would encourage bruising. When you are sitting, be sure to put your legs up. Rule of thumb: the legs should be above the heart level, which you can achieve by doing additionally pillow O. Ä. put under your legs.

• If you discover bruises, do not uncritically experiment with any Anoint hereabouts. Ointments can also contain active coagulants and reduce the coagulability of the blood, so that the bruises continue to increase. In addition, ointments do not belong on fresh surgical wounds.

• Bruising is best relieved by constant cooling. Place a cool pack on the compression bandage or stocking at the level of the bruise underneath that was discovered when the bandage was changed for the first time.

• Coolpacks should best be obtained before the vein operation. Alternatively, you can simply put a few ice cubes together with some tap water in a tightly sealable plastic bag and cool with them.