Calf swelling

Introduction Calf swelling is one of the symptoms of venous insufficiency in the lower extremities. Lower extremity venous insufficiency is a general term for venous diseases of the lower extremities. Strictly speaking, the saphenous vein of the lower extremity is not a single disease, but the most important manifestation of venous insufficiency of the lower extremities. Other manifestations include epidermal itching scratches, eczema, pigmentation, ulcers in the foot and boots. Lower extremity venous insufficiency includes lower extremity venous reflux disease and lower extremity venous return disorders. The lower extremity venous reflux disease is mainly characterized by saphenous varicose veins.

Cause

The main causes are as follows:

(1) Family history.

(2) Career relations.

(3) Pregnancy.

(4) Eating habits.

(5) Increased abdominal pressure.

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Limb blood flow diagram routine physical examination

Clinical manifestations:

(1) Superficial varicose veins: mainly varicose lesions of the saphenous vein and its genus, bulging and tortuous, with the calf as obvious and extensive.

(2) The affected limb is swollen, sore, heavy, painful, etc.

(3) dystrophic changes in the lower leg of the skin: early itching of the skin, scratches, and pigmentation may occur with the development of the lesion, mainly in the lower part of the lower leg, further development may occur venous ulcers, and more difficult to heal, ulcers also Mainly inside the lower leg.

Differential diagnosis

Differential diagnosis of calf swelling:

1. Diffuse edema of the lower extremity: diffuse edema of the lower extremity means that the edema starts from the lower extremity and is diffuse.

2, calf edema: calf edema refers to excessive accumulation of body fluids in the interstitial space outside the calf blood vessels, edema.

3, calf swelling and pain: calf swelling, pain after the fracture of the tibia, may have deformity and abnormal mobility. The humeral shaft fracture accounts for about 9.45% of the total body fractures. Children under the age of 10 are particularly common, with the largest fracture of the humerus, accounting for 5.1% of the total fracture, followed by the humerus, accounting for 3.85% of the total fracture. The humeral shaft fracture accounts for at least 0.59% of the total body fracture.

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