Peripheral Vascular Disease
SYN: Buerger's Disease, Thromboangiitis
HYD
JHK
from Dr JH Kellogg's Prescriptions...
Threatened Gangrene
In:
Treatment Method:
- Alternate Compress or Pail Pour to affected limb every 3 hours
- or 3x a day dry Heat or protected Heating Compress in interval
GKA
from Dr GK Abbott's Prescriptions...
Includes: Thromboangiitis obliterans (Buerger's disease), arteriosclerosis diabetic and non-diabetic
Gradual closure of blood vessels to the extremities, leading to hypoxia, muscle pain and in advanced cases, gangrene.
Early treatment: can give much relief
- Stop smoking
- Aseptic Diet
- mild heat 34-35°C
- Buerger's Exercises - one hour 1-2x a day.
- Patient lies prone. Raise affected leg 30-60° above the bed for 1½-3 min or until foot blanches. Then...
- Hang the foot over side of the bed for 2-5 min or until redness has been present for 1 min. While sitting patient performs foot circles to promote circulation. Then...
- Rest in horizontal for 3-5 min with mild heat applied.
- Flowtron 40-80mmHg 2-4min on then 2min off, 2-4hrs a day to develop new blood vessels
- Iontophoresis of histame or mecholyl
Problems:
Dysfunctions
Circulatory Dysfunctions
- Acidosis
- Angina
- Angioedema
- Arteriosclerosis
- Atherosclerosis
- Arrhythmia
- Asphyxia
- Bradycardia
- Buerger's Disease
- Cardiac Atony
- Cardiac Enlargement
- Cardiac Hypertrophy
- Cardiac Oedema
- Cardiac Insufficiency
- Cardiac Weakness
- Cerebral Anaemia
- Collapse
- Cyanosis
- Drowning
- Drug-Induced Anaemia
- Fainting
- Frostbite
- Heart Attack
- Heart Failure
- Hypertension
- Low Blood Pressure
- Low Haemopoiesis
- Lymphatic Dysfunction
- Palpitation
- Peripheral Vascular Disease
- Poor Circulation to Spinal Cord
- Poor General Circulation
- Poor Local Circulation
- Raynaud's Disease
- Shock
- Stupour
- Superficial Anaemias
- Surgical Shock
- Syncope
- Thromboangiitis
- Vasomotor Spasm
- Visceral Anaemias
- Weak Pulse